How many people use CVSNT?
We do not know how many people use CVSNT, however as at 25th August 2005 more than 1.4 million copies of the stable build of CVSNT had been downloaded since March Hare Software partnered with the CVSNT project in August 2004. Gartner research has published statistics in the past on Software Configuration Management Market Share based on license revenue, however we have been unable to find any research done based on use in the field. Most other industry analysts use this same approach (eg: Worldwide Software Configuration Management Tools 2004 Vendor Shares”, #204821, December 2006 [previously #33588, June 2005] by IDC). This research appears designed to assist vendors and investors in determining how much money is available in the marketplace for these tools and to which vendor the majority of the money is going. The research does not benefit the person who is choosing a tool based on popularity (in use by many people on a day to day basis) or effectiveness (has achieved productivity a
