Re: Questions about AOO Users

[toki]

On 24/11/16 08:29, RA Stehmann wrote:

> distribute AOO, all figures are not really significant to identify the number 
> of users.

Twould be much more appropriate to recommend software on the basis of
the client's proposed use case, using examples of users with similar
use-cases, that demonstrate how suitable, or unsuitable the proposed
solution is.

jonathon



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Re: Questions about AOO Users

[RA Stehmann]

Hello,

only a few remarks:

Am 24.11.2016 um 07:02 schrieb toki:
> On 23/11/16 22:10, Crystal wrote:
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> 
>> 2.)Approximately how many users of OpenOffice are there worldwide?
> 
> Being FLOSS, there is no way to know if one download represents one
> user, or 40,000 users. Likewise, there is no way to know if the same
> person downloaded the program two or more times. Currently, there are
> roughly 100,000 downloads of Apache OpenOffice every day.
> 
> To do the statistical analysis of OS, and where people download the
> program from, go to
> https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stats/json?start_date=2015-01-01_date=2016-11-22
> 
> One major issue, is that this data is from SourceForge, and reflects
> that percentage of the population that uses either Windows, or Mac OS X.
> Linux users tend to download AOo from the distro repository. Users of
> versions of *Nix tend to compile from source.

In most Linux distributions AOO is yet not included. So nowadays Linux
users are in the same situation like other users.

But there are more ways of distribution than SourceForge. There are
other mirrors and download possibilities. Magazines distribute AOO via
optical media. You can get AOO from your neighbour. AOO is part of Free
Software compilations like the PrOOoBox. And so on ... .

Because there is no permission or registration needed to share or
distribute AOO, all figures are not really significant to identify the
number of users.

You can only say, that AOO has one of the largest number of users of all
Free Software projects.
> 
>> 4.)On average per year, how many times does OpenOffice release an 
>> update/patch?
> 
> Currently, AOo does one release per year.
>  
Even that is no fix figure. If more releases are neccessary, there will
be more.

Kind regards
Michael



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Re: Questions about AOO Users

[toki]

On 23/11/16 22:10, Crystal wrote:

> I will need an answer on or before 28-Nov-2016 

Dropping a question like this the day before a _major_ holiday in the
US, with an expected response before the first workday after that
holiday, to ask specific questions about usage in the US is really bad
planning on somebody's part.

> 2.)Approximately how many users of OpenOffice are there worldwide?

Being FLOSS, there is no way to know if one download represents one
user, or 40,000 users. Likewise, there is no way to know if the same
person downloaded the program two or more times. Currently, there are
roughly 100,000 downloads of Apache OpenOffice every day.

To do the statistical analysis of OS, and where people download the
program from, go to
https://sourceforge.net/projects/openofficeorg.mirror/files/stats/json?start_date=2015-01-01_date=2016-11-22

One major issue, is that this data is from SourceForge, and reflects
that percentage of the population that uses either Windows, or Mac OS X.
Linux users tend to download AOo from the distro repository. Users of
versions of *Nix tend to compile from source.

> 3.)Do you have an estimate as to how many of those users are in the 
> United States?

For 1st quarter and 2nd quarter 2016, 15% of the downloads are from the
United States, but 36% of the downloads are for en_US.

Sorry, I don't have the URL for downloads by language pack. :(

Neither the web forum nor the mailing list provide data about where the
users are from.

> 4.)On average per year, how many times does OpenOffice release an 
> update/patch?

Currently, AOo does one release per year.

jonathon

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Questions about AOO Users

[Buckneberg, Crystal R]

I was suggested to subscribe to this list by the people of the users mailing 
list.

Dear Sir or Madam,

Greetings!  My name is Crystal Buckneberg and I am currently working on a 
project for Technical Writing (A college level class I am currently taking at 
Southeast Technical Institute in Sioux Falls, SD USA) that is comparing MS 
Office, OpenOffice and LibreOffice and then making a recommendation to a client 
on which one to use.  I have a few questions that will help me to pull this 
document together if you have a few minutes of time.

I will need an answer on or before 28-Nov-2016 so I have time to integrate your 
information into the report.


1.)What is your official title within the Apache Software Foundation 
organization?

2.)Approximately how many users of OpenOffice are there worldwide?

3.)Do you have an estimate as to how many of those users are in the United 
States?

4.)On average per year, how many times does OpenOffice release an 
update/patch?

I need to know this information by November 28, 2016 so that I can integrate 
this information into my report.

Thank you for your time and consideration.  I hope to hear from you soon.

Sincerely,
Crystal Buckneberg
crystal.buckneb...@southeasttech.edu
Computer Programming Student
Southeast Tech AITP Webmaster