Yes I am an active spatstat use

On Wednesday, 28 March 2012, Rolf Turner wrote:

>
> This is a cry for help.  My apologies for taking up bandwidth
> with an issue that is not really on topic.  But I really do want
> to acquire the requested information.
>
> In the course of preparing my PBRF (performance based research
> funds) portfolio for the upcoming PBRF exercise here in New Zealand,
> I have been advised that I should provide some estimate of the number
> of "active users" of the spatstat package (of which I am a co-developer
> with
> Adrian Baddeley) and which I am touting as one of my contributions to the
> well-being of the universe.
>
> So how do I estimate the number of "active users"?  Bozhemoi!
>
> I decided I'd do a survey of the r-help list.
>
> So *please* respond (VERY briefly) to this email, saying just
>
> "Yes I am an active spatstat user", or
>
> "No I am not an active spatstat user".
>
> Please don't alter the subject line.
>
> Please respond immediately if you're going to respond at all;
> I need to have this stuff done by the afternoon of Fri. 30 March
> 2012, New Zealand time.
>
> I leave it to you to decide what "*active* user" means.  I guess
> if you've done more than just had a brief vague look at the package .....
>
> I hope to be able to tally the Yes's and No's, take the ratio of
> the Yes count to the total count, multiply by the total number
> of subscribers to r-help (which I *hope* to be able to find out
> from the list maintainer).  And there's my estimate.
>
> Please don't waste your time telling me this is a load of
> dingos' kidneys.  I know that.  The pitfalls and unsatisfied assumptions
> outnumber the stars in the sky.  But what else can I do, eh?
>
> Thank you for your time and forbearance.
>
>    cheers,
>
>        Rolf Turner
>
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