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From: -hh <recscuba_google@huntzinger.com>
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Subject: Re: GIMP 3.0.0-RC1
Date: Wed, 8 Jan 2025 15:05:40 -0500
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On 1/8/25 12:13 PM, DFS wrote:
> On 1/8/2025 10:56 AM, -hh wrote:
> 
> 
>> Makes me wonder about what the median age is on this newsgroup.
>> I suspect that very few (if any) are still under age 45, if not 50
> 
> Poster        Age        Source
> ============  =========  =============
> -hh           mid 60s?   guess
> Ahlstrom      67         online
> Carpentier    50s?       guess
> D'Oliveiro    60s?       posts about old tech
> DFS           62         birth certificate
> Feeb          43         online
> Joel          late 40s   Joel
> PhysFitFreak  70s        online
> Relf          64         Relf
> RonB          70s        RonB
> Slimer        mid 40s    Slimer
> candycane     30s?       guess
> rbowman       75         rbowman
> shitv         late 50s?  his posts
> vallor        58         online
> 
> approx
> median        62
> avg           59

And n=15.

Good guess for me.

I could put together an anonymous SurveyMonkey poll if folks think it 
was worthwhile for this ...but it is just idle curiosity on my part for 
just how old we surviving USENET posters have become.

Could also delve into other demographics too, such as how many are 
retired (my guess: ~40%?), or what OSs they really use where <g>.  Of 
course, being self-reported & unconfirmed, its only as reliable as its 
participants.


-hh