[texhax] Updating the morehelp package
Boris Veytsman
borisv at lk.net
Wed Oct 4 17:18:16 CEST 2017
DC> From: David Carlisle <d.p.carlisle at gmail.com>
DC> Date: Wed, 4 Oct 2017 12:29:11 +0100
DC> sure but unlike traditional use (where we have no idea how many users
DC> there are) these online systems can count their users
DC> so if sharelatex has a million users that is almost certainly an
DC> increase in total tex usage overall.
Sorry for nitpicking, but this is not correct. The data show the
*number* of users, not the *increase*. I suspect many ShareLaTeX
customers used LaTeX quietly for quite some time.
As a consultant I had customers you would never suspect using TeX:
physicians, lawyers, shipping companies... Since then I always
thought the number of TeX users was much greater than the usual
estimates.
This means, by the way, that I disagree with the point about rush of
new users. We have the same users, they just became more visible.
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Good luck
-Boris
He who knows others is wise.
He who knows himself is enlightened.
-- Lao Tsu
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