From owner-freebsd-questions Fri Nov 12 13:13:27 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mark.kingsu.ab.ca (mark.kingsu.ab.ca [199.185.113.37]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id B1AE514CFA for ; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 13:13:23 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bwood@KingsU.ab.ca) Received: from KingsU.ab.ca (kingsnet.kingsu.ab.ca [199.185.113.33]) by mark.kingsu.ab.ca (8.9.3/8.9.2) with ESMTP id OAA00384; Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:13:22 -0700 (MST) (envelope-from bwood@KingsU.ab.ca) Message-Id: <199911122113.OAA00384@mark.kingsu.ab.ca> Received: from KINGSNET/SpoolDir by KingsU.ab.ca (Mercury 1.44); 12 Nov 99 14:13:21 -0700 Received: from SpoolDir by KINGSNET (Mercury 1.44); 12 Nov 99 14:13:00 -0700 From: "Broderick Wood" Organization: The King's University College To: Konrad Heuer Date: Fri, 12 Nov 1999 14:12:57 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: Quoted-printable Subject: Re: Newbies vanishing? Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org In-reply-to: X-mailer: Pegasus Mail for Win32 (v3.12a) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG There may be less NEWBIES, but I am sensing a stronger core of FAITHFUL users who are finding more and more applications for FreeBSD. > > Surely, freebsd-questions probably isn't the correct list where to > mail this question to. I feel a little bit worried since - to my > opinion - the number of newbie questions in this list decreases. Might > be FreeBSD installation and operation has become more easy or the FAQ > database has been improved very much, but might also be - and I fear > that - the number of newbie installations doesn't grow anymore. Will > Linux really kill us in the end? > > Has anyone some idea whether the number of FreeBSD installations and > the number of FreeBSD users still grows? > > I'm worried but I'll try to hope the best! > > Regards > > // > // Konrad Heuer ____ ___ > _______ // Gesellschaft f=FCr wissenschaftliche / __/______ > ___ / _ )/ __/ _ \ // Datenverarbeitung mbH G=D6ttingen / > _// __/ -_) -_) _ |\ \/ // / // Am Fa=DFberg, D-37077 G=D6ttingen = > /_/ /_/ \__/\__/____/___/____/ // Deutschland (Germany) > ----- The Power to Serve ----- // > http://www.freebsd.org // kheuer@gwdu60.gwdg.de // > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message --------------------------- -BMW- To soar like an eagle, fly like a dove. (bwood@kingsu.ab.ca) Broderick Wood, Director of Information Technology Services The King's University College 9125 - 50 Street Edmonton, Alberta T6B 2H3 (780) 465-8315 (780) 465-3534 (FAX) ><> <>< To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message