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From: David J. Braden on 2 Apr 2010 21:15 Simon, The essence of your response is: "http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/members/list/ clearly [shows] who is using what version of the MS application, so its [sic] not post driven but member driven" This is statistically of little to no value for what I seek (not to say it is of no value to forum members!!). I'm looking for an estimate of percentage of latter versions in use, ideally (to JLatham's observation) weighted by time spent on the version. JLatham's observation is that major corporations are moving to Excel 2007; in my area (Monterey Bay), no major computer-intensive employer I know of has done so, and the two most popular trainers I know of have no demand for training in Excel 2007. Still, that's /here/; the case may well be very different in other locales. Anyway, thanks for taking a stab at this. Regards, Dave B Simon Lloyd wrote: > Not as such, when a member wants to find another member or look at the > members list he/she will visit > http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/members/list/ here they can see all > the data that has been allowed to be public, it is here they can clearly > see who is using what version of the MS application, so its not post > driven but member driven. > > > > David J. Braden;689206 Wrote: > Simon - Interesting idea, but statistically meaningless, much less > difficult to implement, if you mean mining posts for stated versions of > Excel. Certainly there will be more posts, relatively speaking, from > those switching from 2003 to later versions. I am not interested as > interested in those posting to the sites you mentioned as I am in > overall installed base: that's what I meant to convey by "end-users". > Sorry for the confusion, and thank you for your suggestion. > > Dave B (ex-MVP, Excel (and Mac), heavy emphasis on stats, algorithms & > problem-identification with core Excel) > > Simon Lloyd wrote: >> You would probably be best of browsing sites like ours, excel forum > and >> ozgrid where we ask the user to state which version they use so they > can >> have a better targeted response. >> >> >> >> David J. Braden;689080 Wrote: >> Hi - >> I have not yet found this on the web, wonder if someone else might > have >> some insight. I am particularly interested in the percentages (better >> yet, numbers) of end-users who "almost always" (or only) use version >> 2003 versus those who "almost always" (or only) use 2007 (or later). >> This tends to exclude folks like Rob Bovey and Chip Pearson, who > likely >> use everything back to Excel 5. E.g., is 70% Excel 2003, 30% Excel > 2007 >> a reasonable guess? >> >> Informed guesstimates are very much welcomed. >> >> TIA - Dave B >> -- >> Please keep response(s) solely within this thread. >> >> > > -- > Please keep response(s) solely within this thread. > > -- Please keep response(s) solely within this thread.
From: Mike Middleton on 2 Apr 2010 22:36
Dave - The only somewhat-related info I've seen lately is in Nick Hebb's blog, article "Microsoft Excel Version Survey - 2009," at http://breezetree.com/blog/ - Mike http://www.MikeMiddleton.com "David J. Braden" <nomail(a)nomail_nospam.com> wrote in message news:u$PJeMp0KHA.348(a)TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Hi - > I have not yet found this on the web, wonder if someone else might have > some insight. I am particularly interested in the percentages (better yet, > numbers) of end-users who "almost always" (or only) use version 2003 > versus those who "almost always" (or only) use 2007 (or later). > This tends to exclude folks like Rob Bovey and Chip Pearson, who likely > use everything back to Excel 5. E.g., is 70% Excel 2003, 30% Excel 2007 a > reasonable guess? > > Informed guesstimates are very much welcomed. > > TIA - Dave B > -- > Please keep response(s) solely within this thread. |