From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Path: main.gmane.org!not-for-mail From: Brad Collins Newsgroups: gmane.emacs.help Subject: How Many Emacs Users? Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:57:31 +0700 Sender: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: deer.gmane.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: sea.gmane.org 1077368580 30150 80.91.224.253 (21 Feb 2004 13:03:00 GMT) X-Complaints-To: usenet@sea.gmane.org NNTP-Posting-Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2004 13:03:00 +0000 (UTC) Original-X-From: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Sat Feb 21 14:02:49 2004 Return-path: Original-Received: from monty-python.gnu.org ([199.232.76.173]) by deer.gmane.org with esmtp (Exim 3.35 #1 (Debian)) id 1AuWmO-0003Bx-00 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 14:02:48 +0100 Original-Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=monty-python.gnu.org) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AuWlK-0001ww-FA for geh-help-gnu-emacs@m.gmane.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:01:42 -0500 Original-Received: from list by monty-python.gnu.org with tmda-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1AuWjz-0001vF-Pm for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:00:19 -0500 Original-Received: from mail by monty-python.gnu.org with spam-scanned (Exim 4.30) id 1AuWjT-0001NY-O7 for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 08:00:18 -0500 Original-Received: from [203.146.237.178] (helo=bufferz2.loxinfo.co.th) by monty-python.gnu.org with esmtp (Exim 4.30) id 1AuWjS-0001Jc-Vw for help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 07:59:47 -0500 Original-Received: from mav2.loxinfo.co.th (mav2.loxinfo.co.th [203.146.237.162]) by bufferz2.loxinfo.co.th (Postfix) with ESMTP id C181B8DB55 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:59:42 +0700 (ICT) Original-Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by mav2.loxinfo.co.th (Postfix) with SMTP id B1CE0C39FC for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:59:42 +0700 (ICT) Original-Received: from mailz1.loxinfo.co.th (mailz1.loxinfo.co.th [203.146.237.129]) by mav2.loxinfo.co.th (Postfix) with ESMTP id AA9ECC39F4 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:59:42 +0700 (ICT) Original-Received: from cscoms.com (mail.cscoms.com [203.146.30.108]) by mailz1.loxinfo.co.th (Postfix) with ESMTP id 140793BE57 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:59:42 +0700 (ICT) Original-Received: from KAME.cscoms.com (dial-224.ras-20.bkk.c.cscoms.com [203.170.149.224]) by cscoms.com (8.12.8p2/8.12.3) with ESMTP id i1LCxcrO001642 for ; Sat, 21 Feb 2004 19:59:40 +0700 (GMT) Original-To: help-gnu-emacs User-Agent: Gnus/5.1002 (Gnus v5.10.2) Emacs/21.3 (windows-nt) X-BeenThere: help-gnu-emacs@gnu.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.2 Precedence: list List-Id: Users list for the GNU Emacs text editor List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: help-gnu-emacs-bounces+geh-help-gnu-emacs=m.gmane.org@gnu.org Xref: main.gmane.org gmane.emacs.help:17046 X-Report-Spam: http://spam.gmane.org/gmane.emacs.help:17046 I'm writing a investment proposal and it would be helpful to include the number of Emacs users (Xemacs etc) are out there. Are we talking in the tens, hundreds, a million or more? I remember back in the early 90's when I was running an ISP in Hong Kong and was called by the South China Morning Post (the biggest English language newspaper in HK) asking how many Internet Users there were in Hong Kong. I hadn't slept in a couple of days so I gave a number off the top of my head. The number ended up being quoted on a Web site (I think at Chinese University) and a month later it was being cited as fact by the Hong Kong government. After that the number was just cited as a government statistic. Any statistic is dubious, but if anyone has any ball park guesses it would be helpful. Cheers, b/ -- Brad Collins Chenla Labs Bangkok, Thailand