Re: Publishing and PostgreSQL - Mailing list pgsql-advocacy

From Magnus Hagander
Subject Re: Publishing and PostgreSQL
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Msg-id 6BCB9D8A16AC4241919521715F4D8BCE6C7879@algol.sollentuna.se
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In response to Publishing and PostgreSQL  (Jonathan Gennick <jgennick@oreilly.com>)
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> >> 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..

//Magnus

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