If i had to guess on a quiz show for $1,000,000 ... i'd probably say 300,000. Then again i could be drastically off. I never was able to guess how many jelly beans were in the jar either.
10,000 (who paid) sounds about right, but i bet its creeping up to 15,000 pretty fast .... i bet acid is the cash cow still though ...
unpaid -- who knows ... premiere 6.5 is still #1 most likely in that area ...
@ chienworks - how many people on the map ? i bet only 3-5% of the users are there .... rarely do more than 5% of users post in forums - though 20-75% of them may browse said forums (depending how buggy the software is)
For some historical numbers, Vegas 3's opening blitz sold 80,000 licenses, according to SonicFoundry posts in the forums. Vegas 4's release blew that number away. I believe at that time i estimated 150,000 and someone from SonicFoundry guessed i was probably pretty close. I can only imagine that Vegas 5 with SONY at the helm is far surpassing previous sales. We must be over 15,000 by at least an order of magnitude.
So, assuming maybe 311,500 or so, that would mean that 0.2% of the users have put themselves on the map. Hmmmmmmph.
I don't recall anybody from Sonic Foundy ever saying anything about sales figures. I do remember them saying they don't comment on such things. No software company does.
The folk at Echelon would know how many have downloaded it so come on guys, you'll see this post before anyone else so chip in with the answer, we promise we wont blow your cover.
What do you mean no software company comments on numbers? I know Microsoft has commented a few times on how many copies of Windows are out there. And I think I've heard info for Adobe Photoshop, Corel Wordperfect, and a few others. All of that is in the past, I don't recall any recent numbers or even where I read such information, but I beleive plenty of companies comment on their user base from time to time.