On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 7:33 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? > The fact that Linux is about 2% of our downloads with Linux itself at about 2% of the desktop market share should tell anyone that our downloads are right in line with the reality of the desktop market looking at just the overall results and NOT uniqueness. > 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. > This is correct. > > 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 > You're not missing anything. This article makes me want to scream! Maybe we should contact the author regarding his math and logic. The reality is even some Linux users with access to LibreOffice in their repositories still would prefer and do install Apache OpenOffice. > > [1] http://www.netmarketshare.com/ > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > -- ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- MzK "Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing." -- Helen Keller
