But what about users who already installed that software? They aren' t going to be in the count everytime, but they are still debian users.
2008/3/27, Deng Xiyue <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > Wei Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Simon Jolle wrote: > >> 2008/3/26, Wei Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > >>> Hi, > >> > >> Hi Wei > >> > >>> The search volume for Debian has been continuously decreasing in the > >>> recent years, as shown in the search trend statistics of one of the > most > >>> famous search engines. This indicates that Debian is losing its > users, > >>> e.g. about 50% in the last 3 years. > >> > >> Link to this statistics? > >> > > > > Oh. Sorry. This page: http://www.google.com/trends?q=debian > > > > I would suggest popularity contest data for essential packages as the > reference for Debian user number trend. Though people are not forced > to install it, and apparently it cannot report the correct number of > users who are using Debian, it'll at least show the trend somewhat > more accurately. > > > HTH > > > > -- > > Cheers, > > > > Wei Chen > > http://www.acplex.com/people/wchen/ > > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Join the "debian users" group in linkedin : *** http://www.linkedin.com/e/gis/77477/2FED551B230B*
