On Fri, 18 Apr 2014 09:47:19 -0700 Kay Schenk <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:33 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apache-OpenOffice-Downloaded-More-than-100-Million-Times-But-Not-on-Linux-438293.shtml > > > > I'd like to double check my logic here. > > > > What fraction of our downloads would you expect Linux to be? > > > > The fact that Linux is about 2% of our downloads with Linux itself at about > 2% of the desktop market share should tell anyone that our downloads are > right in line with the reality of the desktop market looking at just the > overall results and NOT uniqueness. > > > > A niche open source application might see different results than one > > that had mainstream adoption. That is the expectation. If your > > appeal is mainly to the open source "insiders" then you will see a > > higher proportion of Linux downloads. If your user base reflects the > > overall desktop market, then your downloads will reflect this as well. > > > > We've seen, since Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0, that Linux users comprise > > 1.8% of our downloads. > > > > The latest Netcraft survey of Desktop OS usage puts Linux as 1.49%. [1] > > > > So, our Linux desktop usage is slightly more than we'd expect, from a > > widespread adoption perspective, but only slightly. > > > > This is correct. > > > > > > So what am I missing here? Why would anyone expect anything other > > than the obvious trend, that the most-user operating systems would > > also be most used by OpenOffice users? > > > > -Rob > > > > You're not missing anything. This article makes me want to scream! Maybe > we should contact the author regarding his math and logic. The reality is > even some Linux users with access to LibreOffice in their repositories > still would prefer and do install Apache OpenOffice. > > > > > > [1] http://www.netmarketshare.com/ I remind you that many Linux distros, if asked for OpenOffice, silently substitute LibreOffice. Some time ago there was discussion on this ML about trying to prevent such a silent substitution, but I think (memory may be faulty) that it needed special compilations for each of the linux repros. -- Rory O'Farrell <[email protected]> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
