Ubuntu has enjoyed a long run as No 1 in the ratings with general acclaim. I believe that Marketing includes an active awareness of a product's position in its marketplace.
Distrowatch ranks distros - several hundred - by 'Hits per day' (HPD) and Ubuntu has shown it is top over a period for as long as I have been looking. Rightly or wrongly, evidence of such a ranking is there, it exists, and it can make news. Good if we rise. Not so if the mighty fall. Sometimes that makes even more news. Just recently, Ubuntu has fallen well behind the new front runner, Suse. Ubuntu is now no longer TOP rating, it is SECOND rating. This can be seen at http://distrowatch.com then along the right hand side, 'Page Hit Ranking' and set this to 7 days, and Refresh. opensuse 3305 ubuntu 2327 A short period? Yes indeed, but now try setting the period to 30 days and refresh: opensuse 2455 (rising) ubuntu 2300 (falling) Comment: I know opensuse has just gone to version 10.2, and novell is in the news too, but our press comment does need to be ready with a good answer to the possible news worthy comments about the distro 'leader now falling' or the like in the press and blogs. Yes I *know* distrowatch is not the end of the world, and hits per day is a pretty flakey measure (note1), but it is a well established and simple measure. I also know of course that many popular distros are rebadged Ubuntu! I am not saying this is wrong or right, but we could be getting our responses ready, and even maybe pre-empt adverse comment by publishing our own totaliser count of ubuntu *and* clones etc. Note 1: 'Using Distrowatch' http://www.zenwalk.org/modules/tinycontent/index.php?id=7 which has useful comment generally, and it includes a useful link - raw data can be downloaded: http://distrowatch.com/text/newhpd.csv -- alan cocks Kubuntu user#10391 -- ubuntu-marketing mailing list [email protected] Modify settings or unsubscribe at: https://lists.ubuntu.com/mailman/listinfo/ubuntu-marketing
