> When trying to fit abcusers in a few groups having
>  [1] abc-sightreaders (without much need for software)
>  [2] abc-collectors 
>  [3] abc-software-only-users (1st language)
>  [4] abc-as- interchange-file-format-users (2nd language)
>
> Two questions arise
> - is this a meaningful division?
> - if so, how large do we expect the groups to be?
>
> My answer to the first question is -of course- yes ;-)
> The second is the hard one my first (wild)guess would be:
>  1: <200  (1%)
>  2: <500  (3%)
>  3: >1000, <10000 (30%)
>  4: >10000  (66%) the remainder
> Any thoughts?

I don't know what the second category means.

The third seems a wild overestimate - surely the only program
that does interchange to any other general-purpose score format
in a meaningful way is Bryan's Noteworthy convertor?  He probably
has figures for how many people use that but I doubt if it's as
much as 5% of the ABC community.  Or do you mean people who convert
to ABC from other formats? - I don't think that really happens any
more, everything from the NMD or BGP formats that is ever likely
to be converted already has been, and there never were more than
three or four people doing either.


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