I downloaded the browser the second week after it's release,
I downloaded it three times and I don't use any OS4 version at all. First time it was to keep it, second to take a look at the attached sobjs and the third one because I didn't remember where did I put the old version. And I know some OS3 users who are OS4 fans despiting never using it that like to download os4 software (they hope to be able to buy some os4 machine in the future but not at current prices).
Do you believe that every AmigaOS 4 user on earth (including those who don't use their Amigas for browsing) downloaded it?
I don't but I guess active users would download it, otherwise I wouldn't count them as active (or users at all)
The serial number of registrations is also a pure fallacy to count on it for statistics.
Indeed, but it gives an idea of the amount of machines running MorphOS2.x, not the amoujnt of users. I know some users that had various machines but later sold them with the license.
What happens to the serial when a person transfers his license to new machine (after proving the old broke)?
Nothing. No new invoice is provided. No new registration number is provided.
What about the people with three-four-five licenses? The ones who were unable to transfer their licenses? Are they counted 1-2-3-4 times?
It counts the number of machines, not users.
I have originals (disks and CDs) of the following AmigaOS versions:
1.2, 1.3, 2.04, 3.0, 3.1, 3.5, 3.9, 4.0, 4.1
How do you count me in the statistics?
From a NG perspective I would only count OS4.1 sales because the ones that bought 4.0 and didn't upgrade to 4.1 no longer use it or are inactive (at least from the cases I know). Active users upgrade.
There are too many variables in the amount of active users calculation that would make the "statistics" not statistics at all, but pure speculation and fabrication.
The truth is that the thread just provides information about the number of registered MorphOS machines, not real users. I know there are some 1.4.5 users out there but I wouldn't count them as users because they are inactive.
For AROS it's hard to know how many users are real users, most people I know download it from time to time to see what's going on but don't use it at all.
Real Amiga number of users is hard to know because activity is low (not many new developments), most of them come back to play some whdload games and that's all, they usually get bored soon but others join again due nostalgia. I suspect the number of classic "users" is higher than NG ones (AROS, MorphOS, OS4.x) although the activity of most of them is related to playing games or rarely watching a few demos and there's hardly any serious daily use. There's some people who also enjoy "collecting" and don't use them at all.
