[Lazarus] Lazarus platform "popularity contest"

[Aleksa Todorovic]

On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 21:46, Ger Remmers <ger-remmers at kc.rr.com> wrote:
>
> To be brutally honest, I don't like any form of "ET, phone home" things in a
> program.
>
> Why not?
> Because it is nobodies business [how / if / what for] I or anybody else uses
> the compiler. It has been put out there as open source, no strings attached.
>
> If you want usage information then ask for it on the website or here in the
> mailing list. Let Lazarus pop up after first install asking for usage info,
> but never ever have Lazarus/fpc send info in the back ground.
>

I believe that asking for it on website/mailing list/whatever other
way wont help, because people want product which works. They don't
want to "lose time" answering questions.

I daily use Eclipse for Java development, and I have usage info turned
on to automatically send info in the background. I was clearly asked
if I want to do it or not before first action.

So, I believe that implementing such solution would really help
fpc/lazarus developers to understand target audience and their needs.