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
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