Hi Andrew,

>I have some associates at the analyst firms like IDC and Giga, I don't
know that they're tracking OOo vs. the others but they might be. I'd 
>be happy to check, Louis, if you think that might be interesting.

Would you please?  We always do think of this and do constantly wonder
exactly who our users are--and how many.   We have debated solutions as
Adam hinted--widgets that call home upon downloading--but we have not,
for no compelling reasons, implemented them.  (rant/ Once, we thought
they would be read as hostile to the freedom of OSS. I don't think so;
or if so, that's a poor understanding of the OSS "freedom."  And do
people complain about it when they are sent to Mozilla's pages? /rant)

What would be interesting is to do random surveys, perhaps, of retail
stores where MS O is sold and see if there is a decline in purchases
around the time of a major/minor release.  Survey companies could also
do standard telephone/web surveys from logical sites, if that is
reasonable.
>
>Regards,
>
>
>Andrew Aitken
>Managing Partner
>Olliance Group
>650-493-3800
>www.olliancegroup.com
>
Best,
Louis

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