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Log: Add info on the Bouncer File Changes: Directory: /marketing/www/ ========================== File [added]: marketing_bouncer.html Url: http://marketing.openoffice.org/source/browse/marketing/www/marketing_bouncer.html?rev=1.1&content-type=text/vnd.viewcvs-markup Added lines: 97 --------------- <!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD XHTML 1.0 Strict//EN" "http://www.w3.org/TR/xhtml1/DTD/xhtml1-strict.dtd";> <html xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml";> <head> <meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8" /> <title>FAQ - Recording downloads via the Bouncer</title> <meta name="keywords" content="Marketing, OpenOffice, OpenOffice.org" /> <link rel="stylesheet" type="text/css" href="marketing.css" /> </head> <body> <div id="MyContent"> <h1>FAQ - Recording downloads via the Bouncer</h1> <h2>Why do we measure downloads?</h2> <p>One of <a href="http://marketing.openoffice.org/";>the 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= "http://marketing.openoffice.org/press_releases.html";>press releases</a>, as well as trend information over time.</p> <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> <h2>Does the Bouncer provide the full story?</h2> <p><strong>No!</strong> - it only records downloads started a single point, the <a href="http://downloads.openoffice.org/";>OpenOffice.org download page</a>. It omits:</p> <ul> <li>downloads which people make directly from mirrors</li> <li>downloads via other mechanisms, such as <a href= "http://distribution.openoffice.org/p2p/";>peer-to-peer networks</a></li> <li>downloads from other third-party repositories - including GNU/Linux distributions (see next question)</li> </ul> <p>Note also that the Bouncer logs when it successfully redirects someone to a download site - if the user chooses not to download, or cancels the download, then the Bouncer will not be aware.</p> <h2>Why do the Bouncer figures look low for GNU/Linux?</h2> <p>The OpenOffice.org Community provides OpenOffice.org software in the two most common GNU/Linux package formats (rpm and deb). However, the majority of GNU/Linux users receive software direct from their 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= "http://www.theregister.co.uk/2008/10/27/shuttleworth_ubuntu_commitment/";> estimated</a> they had around eight million users.</p> <h2>Are Bouncer downloads the same as the number of users ?</h2> <p>No. Nothing like it.</p> <ul> <li>The Bouncer records only a percentage of total downloads</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 buy PCs with OpenOffice.org pre-installed... etc.</li> <li>One download or CD-ROM can be installed on thousands of computers - or none at all</li> </ul> <p>Note: the <a href="http://distribution.openoffice.org/";>Distribution Project</a> exists to make OpenOffice.org available through as many channels as possible.</p> <h2>Do other people provide statistics?</h2> <p>Several of the <a href= "http://projects.openoffice.org/native-lang.html";>Native-Language Projects</a> record download information for their language.</p> </div> </body> </html> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
