[linux-audio-dev] [OT?] Fun with numbers

Alfons Adriaensen fons.adriaensen at alcatel.be
Thu Jan 15 15:28:43 UTC 2004


On Thu, Jan 15, 2004 at 09:46:40AM -0500, Dave Phillips wrote:
 
>    It was pointed out that LAD can claim more than 700 members now. 
> Very cool, I love it. I'm not sure exactly what those numbers mean, but 
> I do know that only about 1/10 of that figure actually post regularly to 
> the list. So out of the 700 only ~70 are consistent contributors. Again, 
> I don't know what the numbers signify. I guess it's [your meaning here].
> 
>    On January 7 Linux Journal On-line posted my second monthly column 
> (this one about Planet CCRMA and AGNULA). I checked for the number of 
> reads this morning: +10000. That's right, more than ten thousand in 
> little over one week. I point this out not to shine my own light, but to 
> indicate again that far more people are interested in Linux audio 
> development than the mail lists' membership numbers suggest.

This just reflects the difference between users and developers, AFAICS.
In any case, that column was mainly targeted at (potential) users rather
than developers. The latter know about CCRMA and AGNULA.

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FA

 



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