RE: [wg-review] Clarifications requested from BoD, Staff, NC, TC,Chair prior to co-Chair elections

["Judith Oppenheimer" <joppenheimer@icbtollfree.com>]

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A statistician I'm not, but I don't believe the difference is germane to my point.  The vast majority of domain name registrants are *very* small businesses - fewer than 10 employees - and consumers.  

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> -----Original Message-----
> From: owner-wg-review@dnso.org [mailto:owner-wg-review@dnso.org]On
> Behalf Of Kent Crispin
> Sent: Thursday, January 11, 2001 6:40 PM
> To: wg-review@dnso.org
> Subject: Re: [wg-review] Clarifications requested from BoD, Staff, NC,
> TC,Chair prior to co-Chair elections
>
>
> On Thu, Jan 11, 2001 at 05:42:56PM -0500, Judith Oppenheimer wrote:
> > For clarity's sake, particularly if you are going to use my
> name, the
> > relevant statistic is that 75.5% of domain registrants are
> SMALL businesses
> > of BETWEEN ONE AND FOUR EMPLOYEES.
>
>
> What you said previously is:
>
>     85% of registrants are companies, BUT 75.5% OF COMPANIES
> REGISTERING
>     DOMAIN NAMES are small businesses, in fact, the smallest of the
>     small: 1 - 4 employees.  [Emphasis added]
>
>
> That is, the above clearly states that 85% of registrants are
> companies,
> and 75.5% of that 85% are small companies.  75.5% of 85% is
> 64.1%.  That
> is, 64.1% of domain registrants are small businesses.  This is not the
> same as your statement above, which is that 75.5% of domain
> registrants
> are small businesses.
>
> I don't have a vested interest in which version is correct,
> to tell you
> the truth.  But I would like to know which it is.
>
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