<br><br><div><span class="gmail_quote">On 12/05/07, <b class="gmail_sendername">Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller</b> <<a href="mailto:hns@computer.org">hns@computer.org</a>> wrote:</span><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">
One more idea:<br><br>a) count the number of registered users at Sourceforge, Freshmeat,<br>GNA and some other similar facilities. Could give a rough indication<br>for FOSS developers.</blockquote><div><br>I'm registered at both
SF.net and Gna, and I assume I'm not the only one ;) <br></div><br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="border-left: 1px solid rgb(204, 204, 204); margin: 0pt 0pt 0pt 0.8ex; padding-left: 1ex;">b) count the number of registered users at Linuxquestions could give
<br>an indication for the number of user.<br><br>But as said before: it needs a clear definition. Am I counted as a<br>FOSS user if I use a Motorola A760?<br><br>Nikolaus Schaller<br><br><br>Am 12.05.2007 um 13:12 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller:
<br><br>><br>> Am 12.05.2007 um 13:11 schrieb Dr. H. Nikolaus Schaller:<br>><br>>> Well,<br>>> you could try to compare the participation of some OSS developer<br>>> related events (e.g. FOSDEM) to MS Developer Conference(s) or
<br>>> Apple WWDC. Then you need the total number of (software)<br>>> developers worldwide and a simple multiplication would give the<br>>> result...<br>>><br>>> But this share is probably not quite reliable, since MS & Apple
<br>>> developers have to pay for but also can do so, so you count<br>>> commercial developers who can afford travel expenses at a<br>>> different level.<br>>><br>>> A different approach could be the total market share of MS Windows
<br>>> vs. Linux which is repoeted regularly by Gartner, IDC and others.<br>>> I think I remember approx. 80 to 20 for Desktops+Servers. And<br>>> assume that for large projects the number of users is the same
<br>>> split of the cake as for developers. But if you want to include<br>>> Embedded, the picture is quite different. Would you e.g. count<br>>> Symbian as FOSS?<br>>><br>>> So, you need a clear definition in advance what you really want to
<br>>> count.<br>>><br>>> And finally, FSF might have figures to share.<br>>><br>>> Nikolaus Schaller<br>>><br>>> Am 12.05.2007 um 11:07 schrieb <a href="mailto:sean@openmoko.org">
sean@openmoko.org</a>:<br>>><br>>>> Dear Community!<br>>>><br>>>> Hopefully you guys can help me. I'm trying to find the number of<br>>>> FOSS developers<br>>>> and users worldwide for some marketing related presentations but
<br>>>> just can't seem<br>>>> to find any solid numbers. It would also be very interesting to<br>>>> see how this<br>>>> number compares to the number of developers worldwide.<br>>>>
<br>>>> Does anyone have any good links they could send me?<br>>>><br>>>> Thanks!<br>>>><br>>>> Sean<br>>>><br>>>> ----------------------------------------------------------------
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