Corey Burger wrote: > On 12/15/06, alan c <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> Ubuntu has enjoyed a long run as No 1 in the ratings with general acclaim. >> >> I believe that Marketing includes an active awareness of a product's >> position in its marketplace. >> >> Distrowatch ranks distros - several hundred - by 'Hits per day' (HPD) >> and Ubuntu has shown it is top over a period for as long as I have >> been looking. Rightly or wrongly, evidence of such a ranking is there, >> it exists, and it can make news. Good if we rise. Not so if the mighty >> fall. Sometimes that makes even more news. >> >> Just recently, Ubuntu has fallen well behind the new front runner, >> Suse. Ubuntu is now no longer TOP rating, it is SECOND rating. >> This can be seen at http://distrowatch.com then along the right hand >> side, 'Page Hit Ranking' and set this to 7 days, and Refresh. >> opensuse 3305 >> ubuntu 2327 >> >> A short period? Yes indeed, but now try setting the period to 30 days >> and refresh: >> opensuse 2455 (rising) >> ubuntu 2300 (falling) >> >> Comment: I know opensuse has just gone to version 10.2, and novell is >> in the news too, but our press comment does need to be ready with a >> good answer to the possible news worthy comments about the distro >> 'leader now falling' or the like in the press and blogs. >> >> Yes I *know* distrowatch is not the end of the world, and hits per day >> is a pretty flakey measure (note1), but it is a well established and >> simple measure. >> >> I also know of course that many popular distros are rebadged Ubuntu! > > Your topic for this mail and what is inside are not the same thing. > There are lots of other metrics that we should also be paying > attention to, such as download numbers, numbers of people on the help > mailing list, number of posts to said mailing list (opensuse had 4k > posts vs -users having about 2k), size of forums (Ubuntus is larger, > probably because opensuse's is split), etc. > > None of this is denying that OpenSUSE has a good product and they are > giving us a run for our money. However, competition is good :)
particularly if we can 'win'! My thoughts develop to suggest then that such metrics as you mention, including the very visible distrowatch, could be used within say this marketing part of the community to give visibility of ubuntu's success. Maybe metrics are already being used, perhaps via the updates machines for example. I am sensitive to publicity - partly why I am here anyway - and have not really seen much around this sort of subject. -- alan c Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
