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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE 1.2-Preview: eyecandy.png
From:       Kurt Granroth <kurt_granroth () email ! mot ! com>
Date:       1999-07-27 15:17:41
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David Sweet wrote:
> So in this screenshot it says that KDE is used by millions.  How do we
> know?  From FTP logs?

Of course, it is impossible to know for *sure* how many KDE users there
are... but I think it is safe to say millions.  One quick rule of thumb
goes like so: There are an estimated 12 million Linux users.  Nearly all
polls I've seen about "window managers" put KDE usage at about 60%  This is
over 7 million users.  Even if ALL of the polls are wrong are we only have
a 10% market share, it is *still* over a million users.

'Nother rule of thumb: all new distributions besides Debian include KDE.
Sales of these distros is in the millions.

'Nother rule of thumb: Martin can probably bring out the FTP logs from the
MASTER server (not counting *any* mirrors!).. but if my memory holds, we
are talking about GIGAbytes of data every month.  Note that this doesn't
include mirrors and doesn't include those people getting KDE from CD-ROM
(the majority, I think).

Estimating how *many* millions is tricky.. but I think it's pretty much
guaranteed that the marketshare is at least *in* the millions...
-- 
Kurt Granroth            | granroth@kde.org
KDE Developer/Evangelist | http://www.pobox.com/~kurt_granroth
         KDE -- Putting a Friendly Face on Linux

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