[Zope] zope user numbers

Ben Avery ben_avery@hotmail.com
Wed, 04 Dec 2002 00:40:35 +0000


hi zopistas,

I've been wondering how many people use Zope out there. It's not
just idle curiosity, a (large) number would help a lot of people,
myself included, persuade their heads of department that Zope
would be a good thing to adopt, and not just another
flash-in-the-pan Open Source product that goes away in a couple
of years, leaving an expensive maintenance legacy.
Just a ballpark figure would be great.

I realise this is hard to determine, as it's a free download from
numerous sites. and even if the downloads could be clocked and
summed from the various main sources, that wouldn't really give
an indication of how many people are actally using it in the
industry.
And not everyone using Zope will post on this board, although a
count of the distinct email addresses from the archives would be
useful.

Well, here's an idea: one thing that people do buy,
regarding Zope is books. If we could add up the sales figures
from amazon.com (or contact the publishers if the figures aren't
publicly available) for the main popular zope books, and compare
it to the main popular books of another product on a similar
technical level, where the population *is* known, say a
commercial product - then maybe that ballpark figure could be
thrown.
Sure a lot use just the online docs, but ditto for other products.
Does anyone know the user numbers for anything like, say, Websphere?
...or is that just a silly idea? :)

Ben Avery
ben@thesite.org

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