On Thursday 12 June 2008 17:51:01 Dave Craven wrote: > -----Original Message----- > From: James Knott [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2008 6:20 AM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [users] What are we here for? > > Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote: > > Drew Jensen wrote: > >> Please - IMO this list is to offer help to other users of > >> OpenOffice.org. This application runs on a variety of operating systems. > >> > >> If the number of users asking for assistance seem to be higher for > >> Microsoft Windows users it may very well be due to the overwhelming > >> disparity in download rates. For Linux of course the main route to a new > >> user is perhaps more likely via their distro, and so they may be asking > >> on the mailing lists or forums for that distro. > > > > I expect Linux users to require less help in general, not because > > Linux is "better", but because on average, the Linux user is simply > > more sophisticated... > > Also, OpenOffice is included with many linux distros, so the > installation issues are simply not there. > > Good Point. Also probably why there were fewer downloads for Linux than > Mac. That surprised me at first.
And many of us, who have elected to install OOo rather than having it pre-installed, have done so from the repositories of our distro of choice rather than from the OOo site. (I, for example, have installed from one of the Debian Lenny repositories; main, I think.) Which will also distort the figures. But I _do_ download the Windows executables from the OOo site, so that I can burn them to CD for my clients. Thus further enhancing the Windows figures. And I give OOo to nearly all my clients, but not quite all of those use it. Lisi --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
