Re: [libreoffice-l10n] Number of locale users?

Exactly what I was talking about. :)

11.10.2014. u 19:21, Michael Bauer je napisao/la:
> Firefox counts the number of times the local software pings the 
> Mozilla servers for updates to the blacklist. I've found this a fairly 
> reliable figure because I can tell (sadly) when the Gaelic college is 
> on holidays. Number drops by about 20 users and it always coincides 
> with holidays.
>
> So perhaps the thing we could count would be the pings and installed 
> version sends to check if there is an update available. That way it 
> doesn't matter how many times you re-use the installation file as 
> you're counting the installations which are pinging for updates. Dunno 
> if that includes the locale data but I'd be interested too. Even if it 
> isn't 100% accurate.
>
> Michael
>
> 11/10/2014 17:11, sgrìobh Tom Davies:
> > Hi:)
> > That sort of data is notoriously inaccurate in OpenSource.
> >
> > It's not as though we can track number of licenses sold or anything like
> > that.  Such things are often considered intrusive!  it might be good to
> > know but on the other hand we respect people's privacy far more.
> >
> > One person might download an update many times before it gets applied.
> > Others might download it once and then carry it to many machines 
> > (across a
> > network for example).


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