> On Wed, 30 May 2012, Max Pyziur wrote: > >> I also don't see that answers here have been uniform; some, even >> many, have been very helpful. So, thank you to those people who have >> taken the time to reply and discuss the issues that I've raised. > > You haven't raised any issues. You just asked for a couple numbers. You are correct. On this thread, I haven't raised any issues; I've simply asked for some headline numbers: total installed base of servers, and the total number of subscribers to this list. It's just to get a sense of size. Conversely and as an example of the type of request that I am making, Fedoraproject gives you the number of times the different spins have been downloaded; the NY Times give you a ranking of articles that have been most emailed, most viewed, and the like. I think that Fedora also tries to get a sense of its user base through a registration process. I don't know how effective or accurate that is, but it does offer some possibility to make comparisons. My request has nothing to do with identities. My request stems from the fact that I've been a Linux user since the late 1990s, starting with Redhat 5.0. I'm interested in the size of the various Linux-oriented communities. MP pyz at brama.com > John Horne specifically asked about the issues behind your request, > a question that you've so far declined to answer. > > There are a many possible reasons to ask about the number of CentOS > installations and the scope of its user base. Since the numbers > themselves are fairly impossible to produce, it might be worth your > while to let the rest of us know the concerns prompting your request. > It may be that there are ways to address those concerns in ways that > don't involve unavailable data. > > -- > Paul Heinlein > heinlein at madboa.com > 45°38' N, 122°6' W_______________________________________________ > CentOS mailing list > CentOS at centos.org > http://lists.centos.org/mailman/listinfo/centos >