On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? >
I have no idea what the download distribution was with OOo. But I do know that since AOO 3.4, so for the past two years, the percentages for Windows, Mac and Linux have remained the same. > 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 > An interesting idea. Could expand it to "Apache OpenOffice for Windows 8", etc. It confirms that yes, we know what platform you are running and yes, the download we're giving you is compatible. -Rob > > > 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 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
