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From: David J. Braden on 2 Apr 2010 14:34 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.
From: Simon Lloyd on 2 Apr 2010 16:55 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. D a v i d J . B r a d e n ; 6 8 9 0 8 0 W r o t e : > 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. -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'Excel Chat' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/chat.php) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: 1 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/showthread.php?t=192579 http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz
From: David J. Braden on 2 Apr 2010 17:25 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.
From: JLatham on 2 Apr 2010 17:43 And you might even get a different split between "what do you use at home/for personal use" and what do you use at your office. Many large organizations have forced the change-over to 2007, while the budgets at home don't necessarily permit upgrading everytime a new version hits the streets. Same for small businesses - their budgets generally don't permit upgrading every 30 days. Me? Yeah, I've got virtual machines with 2000, XP, and 2007 on them, but my primary tool both at home and at work is 2003. In truth, probably 98% of all that I do, and even what my (few) clients do, could still be done with '97! "David J. Braden" 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. > . >
From: Simon Lloyd on 2 Apr 2010 20:10
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. D a v i d J . B r a d e n ; 6 8 9 2 0 6 W r o t e : > 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. -- Simon Lloyd Regards, Simon Lloyd 'Excel Chat' (http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/chat.php) ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Simon Lloyd's Profile: 1 View this thread: http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz/showthread.php?t=192579 http://www.thecodecage.com/forumz |