This has been an exciting month for DotNetNuke with over 300,000 registered users and the release of DotNetNuke 4.3. The new features in DNN 4.3 rock! And, offer many new features and functionality over its predecessors. While the new release is not without some new issues, and we do not believe this release is stable enough to be considered a production release, it does offer much promise into the future of DotNetNuke as it begins to catch-on with upper management (more on this later). If you just take a look at the number of downloads of DotNetNuke, there is a steady curve that leaves us all optimistic.
| Date (UTC) |
Downloads |
Bytes Served |
| Jun 2006 * |
99,379 |
667.2 GB |
| May 2006 |
72,360 |
423.2 GB |
| Apr 2006 |
70,736 |
411.4 GB |
| Mar 2006 |
81,935 |
480.8 GB |
| Feb 2006 |
84,530 |
492.9 GB |
| Jan 2006 |
93,425 |
547.6 GB |
| Dec 2005 |
111,006 |
651.2 GB |
| Nov 2005 |
150,077 |
891.7 GB |
| Oct 2005 |
43,193 |
256.2 GB |
| Sep 2005 |
38,540 |
303.8 GB |
| Aug 2005 |
38,103 |
354.8 GB |
| Jul 2005 |
43,292 |
462.6 GB |
| Jun 2005 |
60,881 |
592.6 GB |
| May 2005 |
23,931 |
369.1 GB |
| Apr 2005 |
39,365 |
613.0 GB |
| Mar 2005 |
45,624 |
577.6 GB |
| Feb 2005 |
34,013 |
279.7 GB |
| Jan 2005 |
25,517 |
186.2 GB |
| Dec 2004 |
24,219 |
137.8 GB |
| Nov 2004 |
20,151 |
108.3 GB |
| Oct 2004 |
13,932 |
68.5 GB |
| Sep 2004 |
13,180 |
63.9 GB |
| Aug 2004 |
14,067 |
67.5 GB |
| Jul 2004 |
14,508 |
69.6 GB |
| Jun 2004 |
23,907 |
115.0 GB |
| May 2004 |
13,300 |
53.2 GB |
| Apr 2004 |
21,074 |
80.1 GB |
| Mar 2004 |
4,300 |
15.9 GB |
| Feb 2004 |
0 |
0 bytes |
| Jan 2004 |
133 |
199.3 MB |
| Dec 2003 |
117 |
175.3 MB |
| Nov 2003 |
74 |
110.9 MB |
| Oct 2003 |
331 |
495.5 MB |
| Sep 2003 |
341 |
509.9 MB |
| Aug 2003 |
318 |
476.6 MB |
| Jul 2003 |
351 |
524.3 MB |
| Jun 2003 |
66 |
96.7 MB |
| May 2003 |
3,814 |
4.7 GB |
| Apr 2003 |
4,187 |
4.5 GB |
| Mar 2003 |
372 |
334.6 MB |
| |
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|
| Total |
1,328,649 |
9.3 TB |
* Partial data: End of month not yet reached
Figures authoritative as of:
SourceForge.net, tracker and forum data: 2006-06-28 09:50 UTC Download data: 2006-06-28 09:55 UTC Project Web: 2006-06-28 09:50 UTC
Source: SourceForge
It would be interesting to see the actual number of DNN sites in production, indeed.
We believe this trend will continue as businesses realize the power of the web application framework for their enterprise information portals (corporate portals, intranets, extranets, web presence, etc.). With the advantage of getting their existing static, or non-existant websites and intranets up-to-date with .Net 2.0 and SQL Server 2005, many companies are finding DotNetNuke an affordable solution when compared to other high priced content management solutions. However, one of the hurdles that must be conquered is the fact that most upper management (the ones who approve the budget and sign the checks), still cannot comprehend the ROI from building a corporate portal solution, with their "If it ain't broke, don't fix it" mentality, further digging themselves and their company into the dinosaur graveyard. Unfortunately, the developers have a hard time translating geek-speak to the uninitiated, which slows this process. But, with DotNetNuke being Open-Source, developers have an easier time to sell the idea to upper management, they just have to get the idea wrapped around their narrow brains...
So, we look forward to the coming months as DNN 4.3 progresses, adpotion of the application grows, and upper management evolve or retire. This is truly the Wild-Wild-West of content management systems for the masses.