| From: | Selena Deckelmann <selena(at)chesnok(dot)com> |
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| To: | Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)sheeky(dot)biz> |
| Cc: | Josh Kupershmidt <schmiddy(at)gmail(dot)com>, Gabriele Bartolini <gabriele(dot)bartolini(at)2ndquadrant(dot)it>, PostgreSQL Advocacy <pgsql-advocacy(at)postgresql(dot)org> |
| Subject: | Re: Rough estimate of number of downloads per year/month/day? |
| Date: | 2012-11-01 22:05:08 |
| Message-ID: | CAN1EF+xPp9s+0fVVsijrC_XhsKae8AstUa3Cy4tcA5rcT6hdmg@mail.gmail.com |
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On Fri, Oct 26, 2012 at 1:18 AM, Shane Ambler <pgsql(at)sheeky(dot)biz> wrote:
>
> It will be hard to measure but I think you will find that mysql has a
> similar effect to windows oem - some apps fail to provide an option to
> switch off mysql support so you get forced to install mysql even when
> you don't want to use it. This is the only reason that I have mysql
> installed on my machine - programs won't build without it. But that
> doesn't mean I have ever bothered to get mysql server running.
> (Well not for about 6 years now)
>
Clearly, we need to get more applications to require postgres installs. ;)
Honestly, i think it just shows how useless the raw number is.
Far more interesting would be change over time. "The trend is XX%
increase/decrease over X years."
So, a great project for someone: start collecting these stats in a way that
can be reproduced by others and publish the data.
-selena
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