Maybe it is time to collapse all other perl-win32-* lists back into perl-win32-users.  The a
dditional lists were created at a time
when perl-win32-users had a huge volume of messages, and people unsubscribed because they co
uldn't keep up with the traffic.  Now
everyone on the "specialty lists" is probably also on perl-win32-user, so you would find you
r biggest audience there.

 

Perl on Windows is definitely not going the way of the dodo.  On a monthly average, the down
loads of ActivePerl for Windows have
been (I only looked at January-May 2007):

 

.         At least 4500 downloads of ActivePerl 5.8.x per day.

.         At least 1000 downloads of ActivePerl 5.6.1 per day.

 

I was quite surprised by the continued high download rate of Perl 5.6.1.  Maybe that is a si
gn that the technology is "mature". J

 

Anyways, this extrapolates to over 2 million downloads of ActivePerl for Windows for 2007, w
hich beats the dodo by quite a margin.

 

Cheers,

-Jan

 

From: perl-win32-database-bounces@[...].com [mailto:perl-win32-database-bounces@[...].com] O
n Behalf
Of Steve Howard (PFE)
Sent: July 31, 2007 1:25 PM
To: perl-win32-database@[...].com
Subject: Anyone still monitor?

 

I haven't seen a single question here in almost 3 months now, so I'm wondering if anyone sti
ll monitors, or if anyone still uses
Perl for Win32 databases. I know I use it less and less, and I'm wondering if I'm holding on
 to a technology that has gone the way
of the dodo. 

 

Is anyone still listening out there? Bill? Tim? Others?

 

Steve Howard