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[Lars Helge Øverland <larshelge@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi there,

during the Uganda workshop last month we had an interesting suggestion from
one of the participants.

The idea is to let DHIS submit anonymous, non-sensitive data to a central
system in order to gather basic statistics related to usage. The data sent
would include:

- A random, anonymous system identifier
- DHIS 2 version
- Java server version
- Operating system and version

Then we could make an optional feature for "activating" or "registering"
your DHIS instance, where you could optionally inform about:

- System contact person
- System description

It would be quite useful and interesting to know things like:

- How many DHIS instances there are out there
- How fast are new DHIS versions adopted
- What is the dominant server operating system/environment


This info would of course be disclosed only in aggregate form.

What do people think about this? Any strong objections?


best regards,

Lars