Am 04/18/2014 04:33 PM, schrieb Rob Weir:
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?
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> [1] http://www.netmarketshare.com/
Maybe the author doesn't take into account that Linux comes with
preinstalled Office software. The most users perhaps won't change this
installation set and stick wit the preinstallation.
Windows on the other hand has no Office preinstalled. So, the users have
to install one by themselves. The chances are much higher that they
choose AOO.
The same for Mac, also no preinstalled Office - ahm, AFAIK: ;-)
For me also an argument that the download numbers are higher than for Linux.
My 2ct
Marcus
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