Apache OpenOffice - Windows Users Dominate Downloads - InternetNews.
Kerner is seemingly outraged (or its milder form) that the vast majority of AOO downloads are Windows. He ought not to be. During the heyday of OOo (say, 2010), more than 95 percent of downloads from the website were Windows users. It makes sense, as most computers bought in stores do not come packed with OOo. (Most is not all, of course.) That said, there are Linux downloads, and I'd expect these to increase, as more public sector departments heave that sigh of relief that OOo is back, its better, and they can get it now, in Linux, Windows, Mac OS X and other forms. We broke 1M the first week or so, and I will go out on a very stout limb and predict that we'll be seeing even more spectacular numbers. (Especially if Facebook decides to promote us, as a free software option.... after all, it would surely help their business model in getting into enterprises and schools in a way that goes beyond the banal and dull plopping of ads in otherwise publicly personal spaces.)
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