On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:57 AM, Donald Whytock <[email protected]>wrote:
> On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 11:16 AM, Rob Weir <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Fri, Apr 18, 2014 at 10:45 AM, Alexandro Colorado <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > Havent read the article yet, but what was the percentage of Linux > > downloads > > > in OpenOffice.org? And how does Apache OpenOffice Linux downloads > > compared > > > to this one? > > > > > > > I have no idea what the download distribution was with OOo. But I do > > know that since AOO 3.4, so for the past two years, the percentages > > for Windows, Mac and Linux have remained the same. > > > > > Also from a Marketing perspective we should enhance the download to a > > > distro-specific, like Apache OpenOffice for Ubuntu and Apache > OpenOffice > > > for Fedora, etc. > > > > > > Even if you could argue, we hae a .deb and a .rpm, it makes the user > more > > > secure that his download will work with Ubuntu 14.x > > > > > > > An interesting idea. Could expand it to "Apache OpenOffice for > > Windows 8", etc. It confirms that yes, we know what platform you are > > running and yes, the download we're giving you is compatible. > Maybe however I think the big issue here are Linux users having a poor download experience. For example I would have Opera browser does a good job when handling linux users that want to download their app. However Mozilla Firefox is pretty poor. > > > > If AOO is bundled into a particular distribution of Linux, I'm guessing > that doesn't count as a download...? So there could be more actual > installations of AOO on Linux than our stats can show? > The article stick with download numbers, not installed base. And yeah the issue here is that no major distribution is packaging AOO. The DistroWatch numbers on top distros show LibreOffice as the default Office suite. > > Don > -- Alexandro Colorado Apache OpenOffice Contributor http://www.openoffice.org 882C 4389 3C27 E8DF 41B9 5C4C 1DB7 9D1C 7F4C 2614
