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Re: AND statements [message #14532 is a reply to message #14504]

Wed, 10 March 1999 00:00

Craig Markwardt
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Registered: November 1996

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rmlongfield@my-dejanews.com writes:
>
>
> Hi Jon, Please don't feel bad if you don't think people are using
> your programs. I've been hanging around this newsgroup for almost a year now
> and I've collected quite a lot of programs and web pages. Some I use, some
> not. I do use pointers frequently and even worse, pointers to pointers. When
> I've got a problem, I first search the Deja-News archives for this group for
> a solution. I may not use your program now but I did have a look at it and I
> know where it is for when and if I need it in the future.
>
> I do appreciate the sharing of tricks and ideas about how to
> handle certain problems.
> Rose

Here is what I have seen from my personal experience, based on my IDL
web page:

Number of IDL page hits per month - about 450
Number of program downloads per month - about 250
Number of feedback messages per month - about 1

So, to Phil: there may be a lot of people using your program but you
won't necessarily know about it. Feedback ratios seem to be less than
1%. Consider that: (a) only a fraction of people will download your
code; (b) a fraction of them will try to use it; (c) a fraction of
them will use it successfully; and (d) a fraction of them will then be
motivated to respond to the author.

Advertisement is also key. I see a noticeable increase in hits when I
mention my web page here on the newsgroup, based on informal polling.

To users of contributed software: feedback is always welcome! Whether
it's a bug report, a feature request, or a "thank you", I am sure that
the David's, Liam's, Phil's appreciate the interaction and knowing
that they don't live in a vacuum.

Craig

P.S. My IDL web page is http://astrog.physics.wisc.edu/~craigm/idl/idl.html
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		AND statements By: Phil Aldis on Sun, 28 February 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: Craig Markwardt on Wed, 10 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: philaldis on Wed, 10 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: rmlongfield on Wed, 10 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: philaldis on Tue, 09 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: philaldis on Tue, 09 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: Martin Schultz on Mon, 08 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: steinhh on Sat, 06 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: Craig Markwardt on Fri, 12 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: davidf on Fri, 12 March 1999 00:00
		Re: AND statements By: Kirmanta de Malher on Fri, 12 March 1999 00:00

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