I actually have been looking into that question and tracking it via surveys. Of those who tried OpenOffice, 78% continued to use it "sometimes" or "regularly":
You either did not read the survey results or did not understand them. Survey participants were asked about "the software application called OpenOffice". They were asked whether:
1) They had heard of it
2) They had tried it
3) They use it occasionally
4) They use it regularly.
The "continued to use" percentage is the sum of "they use it occasionally" and "they use it regularly". It excludes those who just tried it.
100M downloads are nice... (Score:-1)
Re:100M downloads are nice... (Score:5, Interesting)
I actually have been looking into that question and tracking it via surveys. Of those who tried OpenOffice, 78% continued to use it "sometimes" or "regularly":
See: http://www.robweir.com/blog/20... [robweir.com]
Unless you are a business user you are unlikely to use any office application daily.
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I have LibreOffice installed on Fedora, but rarely use it. And when I do need a word processor I tend to use AbiWord.
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You either did not read the survey results or did not understand them. Survey participants were asked about "the software application called OpenOffice". They were asked whether:
1) They had heard of it
2) They had tried it
3) They use it occasionally
4) They use it regularly.
The "continued to use" percentage is the sum of "they use it occasionally" and "they use it regularly". It excludes those who just tried it.
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But how many actually use it on a daily basis?
Hehheh, you're modded down by open source fanboys so that the grimy truth would not come to light.
But exactly. How many of those downloads is just "Hey, free Office! Oh, this is trash, uninstalling..."