Statistics multipack: August and September 2012

[Werner Almesberger]

This time we have a special: two full months at the price of just
one !

IRC traffic on #qi-hardware and #milkymist:

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The mailing lists:

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Milkymist list and channel both tanked in August and stayed that
way through September. Most of the traffic is now discussions
about general FPGA topics, from time to time a bit of MMU, and
the occasional Migen and EHSM announcement.

Meanwhile, the qi-hardware mailing list had several QEMU
discussions, fueled by Hans Bezemer's heroic effort of QEMUlating
the Ben, but otherwise maintained its trend of relative quiet.
Conversely, the #qi-hardware channel has recovered from its July
low and showed continuous growth during the last two months.

Forecast: October should see more exposure of Wolfgang's game
changer FPGA project, accompanied by the appropriate amount of
buzz.

- Werner