OK, so I read the Bill Gates memo to which Doc pointed, which Dave supplied, and the things that strikes me right away is: he refers to “over 92% of Fortune 100 companies.”
Now, I’m sure that people who know more than I do about both math and business read this blog, so permit me to ask, “If it’s more than 92% of the Fortune 100, isn’t it necessarily at least 93%? Are there actually 101 companies in the Fortune 100, or is Bill counting fractional use?”
The actual number of Fortune 100 companies using .Net is likely not known. He could have certain knowledge about 93, and indications about a few others and still be able to say “at least 92%”. If he only has certain knowledge about exactly 93 users, he can’t say “over 93%”.
The statement itself is meaningless. I’m testing some third party software today which uses .Net. As a result my Fortune 100 employer is, as of Monday of this week “using .net”. But since the software is of such a specialized nature, that says nothing about the company having adopted it as a framework for in house development.