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List:       kde-devel
Subject:    Re: KDE 1.2-Preview: eyecandy.png
From:       David Sweet <dsweet () Glue ! umd ! edu>
Date:       1999-07-27 16:05:04
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On Tue, 27 Jul 1999, Kurt Granroth wrote:

> 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


Cool... so do you have a rule of thumb for estimating the number of
developers?  I'd like to write about these numbers.

Dave

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