Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 20:09:48 -0500 From: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org> To: John Kelly <jak@cetlink.net> Cc: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Correction for Caldera article Message-ID: <3547CF5C.41C67EA6@asme.org> References: <199804291743.LAA22012@lariat.lariat.org> <199804291743.LAA22012@lariat.lariat.org> <199804291954.NAA23676@lariat.lariat.org> <354bb6cb.180295152@mail.cetlink.net>
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Once again: the original claim, based on something Linus said, is that (all) Linux is growing linearly (no one said "nearly-flat") while FreeBSD still grows exponentially. It's also a fact that FreeBSD is now more popular than Slackware Linux. The rest is mere speculation...(hopefully WC will now focus on more FreeBSD related products? ;-). Pedro. John Kelly wrote: > > On Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:54:02 -0600, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> > wrote: > > >Walnut Creek CD-ROM sells both FreeBSD and Linux. As documented in > >earlier messages on this mailing list, sales of FreeBSD are increasing > >while sales of Linux are nearly flat. > > Only at Walnut Creek, because they sell Slackware which fewer buyers > nowdays are interested in. I have not seen or heard any real evidence > that Linux sales are flat, except for the testimony of a few FreeBSD > boosters. > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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