You see, Henry made a Case on how the possibility of MorphOS would have more users than OS4 would be an inconceivable, extraordinary claim, just wishful thinking, not anything based in reality, and he based this upon "facts" like posting frequency on web forums, the general opinion, and Aminet *uploads*.
I've let this slide for a while, but since you keep bringing it up, let's clarify the purpose behind the 'forum activity' and 'Aminet uploads' comments was and is.
The remarks about forum activity and Aminet uploads were intended as anecdotal evidence, a way to assess the level of activity surrounding the OS, since 'active users' were rightly being seen as different from 'users'; people who just try out the OS vs. people that are engaged with using it.
However, you should note that, unlike you, I never tried to use this ancedotal evidence as the basis for a guess on user numbers. There isn't a single perfect way to measure 'active' users, but forum activity and software uploads do give you some idea for the general trends in activity and interest.
Let's remind ourselves of the context in which the comments were made. You said:
"About 700 active MorphOS users would mean 2x the amount of about 300 active OS4 users coupled with some 50 active AROS users.
But again, your guess is as good as mine..."
Then I said:
"That's your guess. Okay. Let's look at it another way. How active are the following forums"
So as you can see, I was offering an alternative perspective on activity around an OS. You then assume I can use this perspective to give you a number of users, I never made such a claim.
In this whole thread, I never saw you come up with a single measure of how to look at 'active' users, rather than users as a whole. Do you have an alternative way to explore this, or do you now admit there is no way to know how many of those registered MorphOS copies are still in use (beyond shrieking 'they paid for it, so they must be using it')?
Do you understand now?
Thanks for reading.
