lynx-dev Re: how many installations/users? (was: Lynx book)

[Greg Barniskis]

David Combs said:

>Any way of knowing just how many installations of
>Lynx there are out there?
>
>(That list of people on this mailing-list was
>pretty small...)

The subscriber list here significantly underestimates actual use, I'd 
guess. A number of automated public library systems use Lynx in one form 
or another, due to our continued reliance on text-only terminals as the 
primary form of library system access. I doubt that many of the library 
automation folk implementing Lynx access are subscribed to this list. 
Probably, a lot of them don't even download source (it being conveniently 
ported and pre-packaged on *BSD CDs), so you can't count that either.

>Also, estimate of actual users?

Typically, 2-15 of our 400+ access terminals are using Lynx at any given 
time. Year-to-date there've been 20,000+ Lynx logins here. I know of 
several other large library systems using Lynx but couldn't guess at 
their use counts.

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