Am 12.05.2007 um 13:11 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller:
Well,
you could try to compare the participation of some OSS developer
related events (e.g. FOSDEM) to MS Developer Conference(s) or Apple
WWDC. Then you need the total number of (software) developers
worldwide and a simple multiplication would give the result...
But this share is probably not quite reliable, since MS & Apple
developers have to pay for but also can do so, so you count
commercial developers who can afford travel expenses at a different
level.
A different approach could be the total market share of MS Windows
vs. Linux which is repoeted regularly by Gartner, IDC and others. I
think I remember approx. 80 to 20 for Desktops+Servers. And assume
that for large projects the number of users is the same split of
the cake as for developers. But if you want to include Embedded,
the picture is quite different. Would you e.g. count Symbian as FOSS?
So, you need a clear definition in advance what you really want to
count.
And finally, FSF might have figures to share.
Nikolaus Schaller
Am 12.05.2007 um 11:07 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
Dear Community!
Hopefully you guys can help me. I'm trying to find the number of
FOSS developers
and users worldwide for some marketing related presentations but
just can't seem
to find any solid numbers. It would also be very interesting to
see how this
number compares to the number of developers worldwide.
Does anyone have any good links they could send me?
Thanks!
Sean
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