Date: Mon, 23 Oct 2006 13:40:11 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG, bsd-unix@earthlink.net Subject: Re: FreeBSD branches stats Message-ID: <200610231140.k9NBeBK9049488@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <20061021190315.7aa63143.bsd-unix@earthlink.net>
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Randy Pratt wrote: > I think the page referenced may include "release" numbers from all > the reporting machines regardless of operating system. > > Better numbers from the relatively small sample can be found at > > http://www.bsdstats.org/freebsd/releases.php Where is the link to that URL? I didn't find it anywhere. > which tally up to the totals for FreeBSD listed on the main page. > I find the number of 2.x systems a little puzzling though. Well, I also have 2.2-stable installed on an old notebook that wouldn't reasonably run any newer version (it has 4 MB RAM and 120 MB disk, no network, no X). However, the number for 2.x systems seems a bit high indeed. I think the users who still run 2.x systems tend to tune them manually and watch the lists closely for things that need to be patched. Therefore they might have a better chance to know about the bsdstats script than people who just install a release. The statistics are certainly skewed by the fact that the bsdstats script isn't integrated into the standard installation, like other BSD projects did meanwhile. And the numbers are much too low to have much of a statistical value so far. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "C++ is over-complicated nonsense. And Bjorn Shoestrap's book a danger to public health. I tried reading it once, I was in recovery for months." -- Cliff Sarginson
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