On Sat, Jan 19, 2013 at 2:53 AM, Kadal Amutham <[email protected]> wrote:
> First get the data in a spread sheet (downloads country wise) . Then we
> will try all permutation and combination of plotting the same
>

OK.  I put it up on Google Docs;

https://docs.google.com/spreadsheet/ccc?key=0Av4Lhq3W5zKodGZtNU1oRGFjWi1kYXkzVEtjOWY1ZlE

The download data is from the release of AOO 3.4.0 in May until yesterday.

Note that a "country" here includes some island territories.  This is
due to how internet addresses are allocated.  Some islands get their
own address block.

If anyone wants edit right, send me your Google user-id (email
address).  This way we can work in parallel, adding a column for
population, internet users, etc.

-Rob


> With Warm Regards
>
> V.Kadal Amutham
> 919444360480
>
>
> On 19 January 2013 03:04, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote:
>
>> I was thinking of putting together a world map showing the use of
>> OpenOffice, the kind with each country shaded or color coded to show
>> the density of use.
>>
>> I can easily get a data set showing the total number of downloads of
>> OpenOffice per country.  But the raw numbers don't really tell the
>> story.  It would show, probably, that the USA has the most downloads.
>> But that is probably also because of its large population.
>>
>> So maybe we then show downloads per capita, or downloads per 100,000
>> population.  But that then becomes a proxy for economic development,
>> since there are highly populated countries with fewer computers per
>> capital, and low population countries with more computers, etc.  I
>> don't think that is what we want to show.
>>
>> So, I'm wondering, has anyone seen data for something like PCs per
>> capita, or home computers, or internet users, or some other proxy for
>> what our potential usership would be per country?
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> -Rob
>>

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