Joe Huber wrote:
I'll let REAL Software communicate the meat of it, but here are a few
observations and general comments:
- Recently passed 100,000 RB user mark
My only question about this is how many people are active users versus
the free licenses given away, licenses for previous versions not
upgraded, etc. The real metric would be how many current subscribers are
up-to-date and active. That would give a better picture of the cash flow
and growth of the company. I have at least two free Windows licenses
from the VB campaign (one at home, one at the univ.) plus my Mac 5.5
license. Am I three users?
Now, if they have 100K 2005/2006 current license holders -- that's
amazing and quite positive. Somehow, I just have to imagine that's a
stretch based on mailing list and bug report volume. Still, anything to
claim more numbers helps build confidence in the product.
Borland gives two sets of numbers: the "3 million developer licenses"
and the (slightly) more accurate "1 million active developers." Because
BDS "phones home" when you launch it, they know which copies are active
-- and which patches you have installed.
The Cocoa news is good. Very, very good.
- Scott
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