Havent read the article yet, but what was the percentage of Linux downloads in OpenOffice.org? And how does Apache OpenOffice Linux downloads compared to this one?
Also from a Marketing perspective we should enhance the download to a distro-specific, like Apache OpenOffice for Ubuntu and Apache OpenOffice for Fedora, etc. Even if you could argue, we hae a .deb and a .rpm, it makes the user more secure that his download will work with Ubuntu 14.x On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 9:33 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > http://news.softpedia.com/news/Apache-OpenOffice-Downloaded-More-than-100-Million-Times-But-Not-on-Linux-438293.shtml > > I'd like to double check my logic here. > > What fraction of our downloads would you expect Linux to be? > > A niche open source application might see different results than one > that had mainstream adoption. That is the expectation. If your > appeal is mainly to the open source "insiders" then you will see a > higher proportion of Linux downloads. If your user base reflects the > overall desktop market, then your downloads will reflect this as well. > > We've seen, since Apache OpenOffice 3.4.0, that Linux users comprise > 1.8% of our downloads. > > The latest Netcraft survey of Desktop OS usage puts Linux as 1.49%. [1] > > So, our Linux desktop usage is slightly more than we'd expect, from a > widespread adoption perspective, but only slightly. > > So what am I missing here? Why would anyone expect anything other > than the obvious trend, that the most-user operating systems would > also be most used by OpenOffice users? > > -Rob > > > [1] http://www.netmarketshare.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614
