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Heartbeat Measuring Active User Base  and Potential User Interest  in FLOSS Projects Andrea Wiggins, James Howison & Kevin Crowston 4 June, 2009
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Measuring Software Use ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Problems with Downloads ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Hypothesis Development ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Idealized Release/Download Grey area: potential user downloads White areas: active user downloads Ideally, we would expect that… - experimentation rate is nearly constant, growing over time - active user base updates after release, growing over time
Data & Analysis ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Descriptive Results - BibDesk ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Descriptive Results - SkimApp ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Quantifying User Base ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Numerical Results - BibDesk ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Numerical Results - Skim-app ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Discussion - Limitations ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
Discussion - Uses ,[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object],[object Object]
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