Hi, Sorry to feed this somewhat off-topic thread, I'll refrain from doing it after this message.
On Thu, May 26, 2005 at 06:40:32PM -0400, Page, Bill wrote: > For a baseline one can compare this to the overall increase in > the number of debian users reporting by this system > > http://people.debian.org/~igloo/popcon-graphs/index.php?packages=base-files&; > show_installed=on&show_vote=on&beenhere=1 > > which is approaching 7,000. So according to this about 1% of Debian > users have installed Axiom and about 5% have installed Maxima with > the number of "regular users" very much less than 1%. > > Do not misinterpret this: I do not mind the Windows porting efforts > > and even appreciate them, but if the Windows figures are more relevant > > as the axiom-developers site is almost the only source for axiom > > download, nothing such may be said for the GNU/Linux (or Bsd) versions > > that have alternative distribution schemes. Only compare things that > > are comparable. > > I agree. However if we do attempt to compare the debian Axiom > popcon numbers with the Axiom for Windows downloads from the > axiom-developer.org site, then the number Linux users is still so > small as to be "off the map". Well, I do not know. Do you have any idea of the percentage of Windows users who are regular users of Axiom? I expect it to be much much smaller than 1%. > > The only figure that matters is the number of involved developpers: > > if many people have the goal and skills to improve the Windows port, > > then the power is to them, that is the way free software works. > > I agree but I think that this is an interesting question: Does > the increase in the number of Axiom for Windows users translate > into an increase in the number of involved Axiom *developers*? > > So far postings to the axiom-developer web site and to this email > list suggest that the answer to this quesiton is "no", at least > not within the time period that the Windows version has been > available (since December 2004). :( Unfortunately, up to now. But I praise your efforts and hope to see them soon rewarded by a much wider Windows user (and hopefully developer) base. Personally, I have interest (and some skills) in working on the GNU/Linux version but have not yet found the time to do it (other more urgent but not always more important matters). I feel ashamed and frustrated compared to your work but hope I will not not stay too long like this. Best regards, Frederic _______________________________________________ Axiom-developer mailing list Axiom-developer@nongnu.org http://lists.nongnu.org/mailman/listinfo/axiom-developer
