Sorry, I can't resist. That figure only includes direct downloads (not ones via other means, such as bundled with other packages or downloaded from Ximian's RedCarpet). So if we could find a way for just 10% of those people to give $5 a year (it's a gift, not a payment - the giver gets nothing directly back), that would come to $50,000 a year - enough to pay for a full time developer.
That would sure move AbiWord forward. Look I know that money and Open Source don't often seem to go well together. However I am passionate about Open Source and I really want to see it move forward. It saddens me when these highly talented developers have to get day jobs just to pay the rent. Just a thought. Damian On Wed, 2001-12-19 at 05:00, Jared Davis wrote: > Hey guys, > > I've been logging hits on the download page since October 24, 2001. > These statistics are interesting if nothing else: > > As of 11:50 this morning (CST = GMT-6): > > Total accesses of downloads page: 106915 > > Operating Systems ---------- > > Browser ID strings containing "Win": 59118 > "Windows 3.1": 10 + "Win3.1": 13 > "Windows 95": 3052 + "Win95": 930 > "Windows 98": 25161 + "Win98": 3123 > "Windows ME": 301 > "Windows XP": 169 > "Windows 2000": 1067 + "Win2000": 2 > "Widnows NT": 22769 + "WinNT": 2063 > > Browser ID strings containing "Linux": 34820 > > Browser ID strings containing "BSD": 573 > "FreeBSD": 472 > "OpenBSD": 71 > "NetBSD": 27 > > Browser ID strings containing "Irix:" 204 > Browser ID strings containing "HP-UX": 119 > Browser ID strings containing "Unix": 78 > Browser ID strings containing "Solaris": 1 > > Browsers ----------- > > Browser ID strings containing "MSIE": 52981 > Browser ID strings containing "Gecko": 22412 > Browser ID strings containing "Opera": 8514 > Browser ID strings containing "Konqueror": 5044 > Browser ID strings containing "Lynx" or "Links": 769 > Browser ID strings containing "Mozilla" but not "MSIE" or "Gecko": 25748 > > Enjoy, > Jared > -- > Love all, serve all. > -- Damian Ivereigh CEPS Team Lead http://wwwin-print.cisco.com Desk: +61 2 8446 6344 Mob: +61 418 217 582
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