Re: [odf-adoption] ODF Market Share Analysis

[Louis Suarez-Potts <luispo@gmail.com>]

hi,

On 2006-04-05, at 08:05 , Erwin Tenhumberg wrote:

> Hello everybody,
>
> AFAIK one of our goals is to convince ISV's to support ODF. From my
> personal experience ISV's always want to see market share data that
> allows them to estimate the business case. Therefore, I believe we
> need to put together a web page or document that compiles all the
> available pieces of market share information.
>
>
> The document would have to list things like OpenOffice.org
> download numbers, OpenOffice.org deployments, analyst quotes,
> survey data, desktop Linux distribution numbers, Workplace/
> KOffice/Textmaker/StarOffice/... success stories, etc.

Thanks! this is immensely useful.... but my usual caveat with  
download numbers for OOo is that they are not to be trusted at all,  
as the numbers do not reflect direct server accesses while also  
capturing some duplication.  Look rather to trends over months.
>
> The wiki page on OpenOffice.org gives you an idea what I'm
> talking about:
> http://wiki.services.openoffice.org/wiki/Market_Share_Analysis
>
>
> The page does not yet include the following data:
>
> Some ODF deployments listed in Peter Korn's accessibility presentation
> http://blogs.sun.com/roller/resources/korn/ 
> ODF_Panel_presentation_slides-text.html
>
> OpenOffice.org at Brazilian Banco do Brasil
> http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/dancer? 
> entry=openoffice_org_at_brazilian_banco#comments
>
> OpenOffice.org at the Belgium Ministry of Justice
> http://blogs.sun.com/roller/page/dancer? 
> entry=4_000_copies_of_openoffice#comments

And many others.
>
>
> In addition, the page does not talk about non-OpenOffice.org
> products. However, for our purposes we should prepare a document
> that covers all the available ODF products.
>
>
> Do you agree that we need an ODF market share analysis document?

I do.

> If yes, where should it reside and what format should be used
> (web page vs. wiki page vs. ODF document)? Who could provide
> what data? Who would be willing to help with such an effort?

I have found using wikis the best method.  Keeping it in the  
OOo .services location is to me a useful locale.

Thanks
Louis
>
>
> Thanks a lot and best regards,
> Erwin
>

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