Download statistics of the binaries

[Janne Blomqvist]

On Mon, Sep 12, 2005 at 08:26:42AM -0700, Richard E Maine wrote:
> On Sep 11, 2005, at 1:54 PM, FX Coudert wrote:
> 
> >Here are the statistics of the downloads, from 21 Dec 2004 until 
> >today, for the binaries available from the gcc wiki.
> ...
> 
> >Of course, the statistics do not reflect the use of gfortran on the 
> >different platforms, since gfortran is now provided on many linux 
> >distributions (and linux users are perhaps more inclined to compile it 
> >themselves), but I found it interesting.
> 
> I also find it interesting, though many other factors also make it hard 
> to interpret. For example, I don't know what the effect is of the OS-X 
> binary being out of date.  (Yes, I understand why; I'm not complaining, 
> just wondering about the effect). How many people don't bother because 
> it is old? How many people get it as the latest OS-X binary without 
> noticing the date? How many of the later group get a misimpression of 
> the current status as a result?

How common is fink among OSX users? Downloading gfortran via fink
could bias the result in the same way as being included in distros
biases Linux numbers..

But still, I was positively surprised by the IMHO large number of
total downloads. Go gfortran!

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Janne Blomqvist