On Tue, Apr 20, 1999 at 08:30:00PM +1200, Christopher Sawtell wrote:
> On Tue, 20 Apr 1999, you wrote:
> > >>>>> "Bobby" == Bobby D Bryant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > Bobby> I wonder if there is an easy way to get a ballpark estimate of
> > Bobby> how many people are using it.
> >
> Seriously, I would be more than happy to have my system send a packet to
> lyx's home to increment a counter during the 'make install'. It would be
> nice to let us know that that was going to happen so that we can turn on
> the Internet connection, and to give the folk with privacy paranoia the
> power of veto.
>
> I realise that this would only work for installations which are compiled
> from sources, but that would be a slightly meaningful statistic, wouldn't
> it?
>
> Something could go in a README file to encourage people who have
> installed binaries to jog the counter in another way; perhaps an empty
> email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or something like that.
The problem with this is the "packet sending" method is that some of us make
install every week or more often. Also, as you mention, that only works for
the binaries. Finally, what if 1000 people (ha!) use it at the same
company or school?
How about instead write "please send an empty e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]" in
splash.lyx. That file is (?) guaranteed only to appear for first time users!
> Anyway it would be an interesting fact to know how many people are
> subscribed to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Interesting, but of course nowhere near the full number of users. Mate
posted this at some point, and I think it was only several hundred.
Lars could probably tell us how many people downloaded 1.0.[012] binaries
and sources. Dividing by, say, 1.5 would get rid of those who downloaded
several of those. Of course, not everyone who downloads it ends up using it
(more than maybe once).
-Amir
