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Kai-Martin Knaak wrote:
> what if the full user base is not that much larger than the
> subscriber list of the mailing list? Partly serious. Are there
> any hints to realistic estimates?

There's no way to know. There are lots of circumstantial metrics like
number of downloads, but then there are mirrors and so on. Nothing
good.


> > Many on the list are big users, but all big users are not on the
> > list.
> 
> It is the classical "silent majority" conundrum. There is no way to 
> know what the silent majority is up to. Any argument which refers to 
> what the silent majority wants or does not want is inherently weak. 

Yes that's exactly my point. With open source it's not really possible
to know what "most" want, because you never know who "all" are. I
think the only reasonable thing to do is to work on what you want
yourself, and possibly listen to what others say that they want if
you're feeling generous with your spare time. :)


//Peter