On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 2:36 PM, Marcus (OOo) <[email protected]> wrote: > 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? > >> >> [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. >
I think there is an important distinction to make. There are really two numbers we can look at: 1) The probability that an AOO user will be running Linux and 2) The probability that a Linux user will be running AOO We only report the 1st number. It is the only number we can measure directly. But I think some writers confuse it for the 2nd number, which we cannot measure directly, but could estimate with some Bayesian calculations. -Rob > 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 > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
