p.s. google analytics has limits which we are already hitting with our usage levels so i'm considering alternative options; i.e. a openshift data collector across projects/products instead
of individuals google analytics accounts which also requiring multiple http request (bad) to gather more interesting stats
You could consider raising this topic on the metric working group, part of the open source way initiative. There are a lot of leading thinkers about metrics on that list and they may be able to point you to some useful resources or share some code of their own.
-Dan