At 10:31 AM 2/06/2005 +0100, Si Carter wrote:

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>
> > -----Original Message-----
> > Over 40000 downloads in one hour? That must be some popular magazine!
> > Maybe Firebird has become compulsory at schools in China or a
> > Firebird virus has been distributed recently? Or is it the
> > members of Firebird Connect that has started downloading to
> > make us claim that no other database is anywhere near as
> > popular as Firebird (or maybe Firebird is simply more popular
> > than I think)?
>
>It could be due to the stats not working properly at SF, they have recently
>upgraded the stats (last couple of days) so the increase in traffic could be
>due to reading past hits/downloads.

I think you're on the button, Si. The rise in the stats graphic from
flat-line to steep curve coincides with an Admin message that came through
from the SF administrators announcing that they were going live with the
new stats software. Stats have been accumulating in files for weeks
now....hence the flat line in the "fudged" area.

Helen