On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 11:42 AM, janI <j...@apache.org> wrote: > On 6 February 2013 17:33, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > >> On Wed, Feb 6, 2013 at 10:45 AM, RA Stehmann >> <anw...@rechtsanwalt-stehmann.de> wrote: >> > Am 06.02.2013 14:43, schrieb Rob Weir: >> >> Yes, yes, we're a non-profit organization. We don't charge for Apache >> >> OpenOffice. We don't pay developers. But we still do produce >> >> something of value, and that value can be estimated. >> >> >> >> People need office productivity software. The main alternative to >> >> OpenOffice is Microsoft Office, perhaps the "Home and Student" >> >> edition. The latest version (2013) sells for $139.99 on Amazon. This >> >> is for the downloadable version. >> >> >> >> We have averaged 153K downloads per day of Apace OpenOffice over the >> >> last week. That is an average value to the public of $21.5 million >> >> per day. Or $7.833 billion (7.833 thousand million) per year. >> >> >> >> To put that in perspective, here are comparable annual sales figures >> >> for some familiar companies: >> >> >> >> -- Campbell Soup Company: $7.882 billion >> >> -- Royal Caribbean Cruises: $7.657 billion >> >> -- Mastercard, Inc: $7.391 billion >> >> -- OfficeMax: $7.094 billion >> >> >> >> >> >> So we're providing tremendous value to the public. We should be proud >> >> of what we've accomplished over the past decade. >> >> >> >> Note: We could certainly debate the exact value provided to users. >> >> Determining what a user would do if they did not get AOO for free is >> >> tricky. But the logic above is similar to how the BSA estimates >> >> losses to Microsoft from software piracy. They assume that the person >> >> who pirates Office would buy it if they did not pirate it. So it >> >> seems fair to use that same logic to estimate the value provided to >> >> users by a legal free alternative like Apache OpenOffice. >> >> >> > >> > Freedom is far to expensive. >> > >> > (I think you have to multiply the download figures, because people have >> > the really used right to share AOO and they have the right to install it >> > on any number of computers.) >> > >> >> Of course, Microsoft also has multi-user and multi-PC licenses as >> well, which sell at a discount to the price of a single-user license. >> So it is not strictly a multiplication. But it does make our value a >> little greater. We also have Base and Draw, so we have additional >> applications than just Home and Business has, but we're not quite >> Office Professional since we don't have Publisher. >> >> But I think the numbers are a good rough estimate. >> >> -Rob >> > @Rob. > > Nice work as usual, digging out these numbers. I think however (along the > lines of Dave) that this is realy something the press could use for a good > story, and it would be so much better to tell it to the world, instead of > just us in here (we already know we provide a great service). > > I can already see the title "how non-profit organisations help goverments > and companies save billions to counter the crisis". Any reporter would like > that :-) >
OK. I'll form this into a blog post. -Rob > rgds > Jan I > > >> >> > Regards >> > Michael >> > >> > >> > >>
