On Aug 9, 7:54 am, kcrisman <kcris...@gmail.com> wrote: > > I just checked on the Maxima sourceforge page. It seems that between > > 750-1000 downloads of Windows Maxima per day are registered. I suppose > > Certainly right now with the new version. Presumably this counts > "upgrades"? I do think people tend to upgrade Sage less often, > because it's such a big package.
The version that was current from February to July 2011 had about 51,000 windows downloads. I don't know of any easy way to "just upgrade". People just download a new copy. I personally tend to download 2 copies, one at home and one in my office. On the other hand, I assume there are people (like Sage) downloading 1 copy and redistributing it locally to a lab or class etc. > > > one could add to that the people who download Sage, assuming they get > > a copy of Maxima included in the Sage distribution (I assume Sage > > downloading doesn't just link to Maxima sourceforge...) > > No, a full Maxima is included. > > > Interesting to me is that something like <10% download source, and the > > number of people using > > windows is like 10X the number on MacOS or Unix. > > > Make of this what you will. > > RJF > > I make of it that people should be more motivated to help the Cygwin > port! It certainly provides a cheap-shot criticism of Sage to point to the lack of a windows port. On the other hand, does anyone have a handle on how many real people refuse to use Sage because of this? RJF -- To post to this group, send an email to sage-devel@googlegroups.com To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to sage-devel+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/sage-devel URL: http://www.sagemath.org
