User: jpmcc Date: 2008-11-01 10:55:01+0000 Modified: marketing/www/marketing_bouncer.html marketing/www/marketing_where.html
Log: Add info on the Bouncer File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/ ========================== File [changed]: marketing_bouncer.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/marketing_bouncer.html?r1=1.1&r2=1.2 Delta lines: +13 -13 --------------------- --- marketing_bouncer.html 2008-11-01 10:41:47+0000 1.1 +++ marketing_bouncer.html 2008-11-01 10:54:59+0000 1.2 @@ -16,7 +16,7 @@ <h2>Why do we measure downloads?</h2> - <p>One of <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/">the Marketing + <p>One of the <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/">Marketing Project's</a> key statistics is the number of downloads from the OpenOffice.org site. This gives us immediate feedback on the success of promotional activities, such as <a href= @@ -25,15 +25,14 @@ <h2>What is the Bouncer?</h2> - <p>When people request a download from <a href= - "http://downloads.openoffice.org/">the OpenOffice.org download page</a>, - they are directed to the Bouncer. The Bouncer redirects them to their - nearest mirror site for the download they require, and records the - request in a log file. Our <a href= - "http://bouncerproject.osuosl.org/">Bouncer service</a> is provided by - <a href="http://osuosl.org/">The Oregon State University Open Source - Lab</a>, and is used by other leading open-source projects such as the - Mozilla Foundation.</p> + <p>When people request a download from the <a href= + "http://downloads.openoffice.org/">OpenOffice.org download page</a>, they + are directed to the Bouncer. The Bouncer redirects them to their nearest + mirror site for the download they require, and records the request in a + log file. Our <a href="http://bouncerproject.osuosl.org/">Bouncer + service</a> is provided by <a href="http://osuosl.org/">The Oregon State + University Open Source Lab</a>, and is used by other leading open-source + projects such as the Mozilla Foundation.</p> <h2>Does the Bouncer provide the full story?</h2> @@ -64,7 +63,7 @@ distributor's respositories. This is a significant omission and explains the relatively low number of GNU/Linux downloads in our figures. How big is the gap? When we released OpenOffice.org 3.0, Ubuntu - possibly the - largest desktop GNU/Liunx variant - <a href= + largest desktop GNU/Linux variant - <a href= "http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/27/shuttleworth_ubuntu_commitment/"> estimated</a> they had around eight million users.</p> @@ -73,7 +72,8 @@ <p>No. Nothing like it.</p> <ul> - <li>The Bouncer records only a percentage of total downloads</li> + <li>The Bouncer records only a percentage of total downloads (see + above)</li> <li>Downloads are only one distribution method - people buy CD-ROMs, or get one from a magazine cover, or borrow one from friends...; people @@ -91,7 +91,7 @@ <p>Several of the <a href= "http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html">Native-Language - Projects</a> record download information for their language.</p> + Projects</a> record download information for their languages.</p> </div> </body> </html> File [changed]: marketing_where.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/marketing_where.html?r1=1.7&r2=1.8 Delta lines: +3 -1 ------------------- --- marketing_where.html 2008-10-12 08:46:06+0000 1.7 +++ marketing_where.html 2008-11-01 10:54:59+0000 1.8 @@ -64,7 +64,9 @@ of presentations and other stuff</li> <li>Our <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/planet">Planet</a> of - the latest news and opinions from members' blogs</li> + the latest news and opinions from members' blogs. The Planet also + displays a running total of <a href="marketing_bouncer.html">Bouncer + downloads</a> for the current version of OpenOffice.org</li> <li>The <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/blog/">Marketing Blog</a> with news and interesting stories about OpenOffice.org and --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
