Re: Publishing and PostgreSQL

On Thu, 11 Aug 2005, Magnus Hagander wrote:

>>>> If your average spend on books per download of PostgreSQL
>> is about 6
>>>> cents, I think there's something wrong somewhere. [775,000
>> downloads
>>>> this year]
>>>
>>> Yes but how many of those downloads turned into someone
>> actually using
>>> the software? Probably 5%. How many of those downloads are
>> from people
>>> who already use the software? I have downloaded it myself
>> probably 30
>>> times this year.
>>
>> Definitely concur with that, as I know I've downloaded
>> several hundred copies between reinstalling computers,
>> upgrading postgresql versions, etc ...
>
> But do you download it through the website? AFAIK, direct downloads from
> the mirrors are *not* included in the count above - it's just the
> clickthrough counts on the website..

How is that applicable?  The point is that the 775k # is not a "distinct"
#, and doesn't take into account the multiple downloads that happen over
the year ... I just happen to get mine directly from an ftp server, but I
could just have easily gotten my multiple downloads by doing a "fetch"
from the web site itself ...

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