d06 wrote:
> I'm curious, do we have a way to know how many people are using EMC and
> for what purpose?
> Like a poll... As an engineer, I like to know that my project is being
> used, otherwise I start to loose interest.
No, not really.  A couple times I have been surprised when a 
user pops up, either a person I never heard of before or 
somebody well known on one of the metalworking groups, and says 
he's been using EMC for a number of years, sometimes on several 
machines!  I think there are at least several hundred users out 
there who are totally "stealth", ie. nobody in the core EMC 
community knows they are using EMC!  It was reported to me a 
LONG time ago that Sherline sold about 1000 machines with EMC
software.  I would have to assume that number is higher, now.
There are certainly several hundred names that I know are 
somewhat regularly popping up on the emc mailing list 
discussions.  Some of the users are doing real manufacturing or 
serious hobby projects with EMC, and don't chat much unless they 
hit a problem.

We tried to make a map where the users could place a pin at 
their location, I don't know what has happened to it.

80 names are listed in the SourceForge members list.  But, those 
are only people who are registered contributors, and may also be 
obsolete.

Jon

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