A Haiku Counter?

Has anyone thought of a Haiku/Beos users counter, something similar to the Linux Counter?

http://counter.li.org/

It could give a rough number of haiku users, where do they live, and what kind of hardware they are using. It could encourage some software and hardware companies to develop their products and drivers (also) for Haiku (and Beos). So they can get some kind of an idea how big is the beos community and how big is the market (share).

Well it could also include some other statistics like what software they use (or like) most or would like to use. etc

Any ideas?

The only issue I see with that Linux counter is how do you know when a user isnt a user anymore … he might have loved linux for a month, signed up, then realized that it’s not the OS for him and then uses something else.

I believe someone on BeShare has set something where you identify your components in your system and I believe that will list how many users. Don’t have a url for you unfortunately.

It was on beshare.com as far as i remember

Sikosis wrote:
The only issue I see with that Linux counter is how do you know when a user isnt a user anymore ... he might have loved linux for a month, signed up, then realized that it's not the OS for him and then uses something else.

I’ve never thought of it like that. I’ll have to bring it up the next time someone brags about there being X Linux users…

Sikosis wrote:
The only issue I see with that Linux counter is how do you know when a user isnt a user anymore ... he might have loved linux for a month, signed up, then realized that it's not the OS for him and then uses something else.

The Linux Counter automatically removes users after two years inactivity. In practice this removes most people who signed up to be counted, even the majority of long term Linux users, since only a tiny minority are interested enough to not only revisit the site but actually sign in and update their answers every year or two.

So the ~140 000 users shown today are mostly people who heard about the Linux Counter in the last couple of years.

skoe wrote:
I've never thought of it like that. I'll have to bring it up the next time someone brags about there being X Linux users...

Even the Linux Counter’s own total estimates (currently 29 million) aren’t really based on the results of the counter itself. In the popular press most figures you’ll see are based on sales, (e.g. $1.4 billion per quarter on Linux servers) and client market share numbers (IDC have quoted 4%, which would be 4-5 million users per year).

NoHaikuForMe wrote:
skoe wrote:
I've never thought of it like that. I'll have to bring it up the next time someone brags about there being X Linux users...

Even the Linux Counter’s own total estimates (currently 29 million) aren’t really based on the results of the counter itself. In the popular press most figures you’ll see are based on sales, (e.g. $1.4 billion per quarter on Linux servers) and client market share numbers (IDC have quoted 4%, which would be 4-5 million users per year).

Just to point out - Relative Numbers are a marketing scam, i’m afraid. Always have been :evil:.

What if a bunch of people we’re to buy more then their fair share of equipment? Especially since Linux Servers would be bought by companies not individuals, right?