Well in that case from a data mining perspective, you collect and count installs but don't know how many are new, first time users, vs patriot users. Might I suggest re-adding the I have already registered, however letting that selection return data to your server, tracking another install but from a registered user.
My reasoning is I am my own best example. I have registered, however I have OO installed on my server, on my tower pc, and on my laptop. I just installed OO on my work computer. Register Now - I saw no point in re-registering. Register later - nope I already have. Do not register - you see sir under your advice, I would select this choice. However OO then looses the opportunity to know that their product is on not one, but 4 computers. Many people have more than one pc now, not just me. I hope you understand the point I was trying to make. Thank you, Josh Lee Sent from my Verizon Blackberry ----- Original Message ----- From: Bernhard Dippold <[email protected]> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> Sent: Thu Apr 29 14:17:42 2010 Subject: Re: [discuss] Registration Information Hi Joshua, * Joshua Lee schrieb: > I install updates of OpenOffice every time they come out. There used to > be 4 buttons: > > 1. Register now > > 2. Register Latter > > 3. I have already Registered > > 4. I do not want to register. > > > > I just installed the latest version and "I have already registered" was > not an option. Why not? In my case the other 3 options are useless and > make no sense. > I noticed this some time ago and asked some of the developers about it. I've been told, that this registration is not about collecting names and mailing addresses of people using OpenOffice.org for promotional and support reasons. The reason for this registration is counting the numbers of people downloading and installing one single version of the program. Therefore it is reasonable to register every new version you download. The option "I have already registered" would only make sense, if you removed and re-installed the same version of OOo. In this case just click on "I do not want to register" (again). As I said - that's only what I've been told. If one of the people involved in collecting this data wants to give us more or better information, please do so. Perhaps this could lead to an improved wording in the installation process... Best regards Bernhard --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
