From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 6 02:45:15 2007 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86F8016A417 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:45:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 47A2F13C45B for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 02:45:15 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from freebsd@hub.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.191]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 243CB11FDD2C; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 22:45:15 -0400 (AST) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.191]) (amavisd-maia, port 10024) with ESMTP id 46606-03; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 22:45:11 -0400 (AST) Received: from fserv.hub.org (blk-7-245-234.eastlink.ca [71.7.245.234]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6447E11FDD1D; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 22:45:11 -0400 (AST) Received: from [192.168.1.2] (unknown [192.168.1.2]) by fserv.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 96A195C0CC; Wed, 5 Dec 2007 22:45:16 -0400 (AST) Date: Wed, 05 Dec 2007 22:45:04 -0400 From: "Marc G. Fournier" To: Tore Lund , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Message-ID: <136DAB3FF85F674A13F804BA@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <475728C7.9080403@netscape.net> References: <3356169C998DEAF517CD854B@ganymede.hub.org> <47570885.7090800@netscape.net> <20071205165958.65950ed4.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <475728C7.9080403@netscape.net> X-Mailer: Mulberry/4.0.8 (Linux/x86) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline Cc: Antony Mawer Subject: Re: BSDstats: Stand up and be counted! -- November Statistics X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Thu, 06 Dec 2007 02:45:15 -0000 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 - --On Wednesday, December 05, 2007 23:40:07 +0100 Tore Lund wrote: > Bill Moran wrote: >> Huh? > > The figure for PC-BSD in November was 6551. When I checked earlier this > evening, it was 1997. I suppose this does NOT mean that 4554 PC-BSD > users have kicked the bucket. Probably, it means that many PC-BSD > systems have not YET reported to bsdstats in December. I think this way > of doing it does not serve the following purpose: > >> The mission of this site is to compile semi-accurate numbers for >> advocacy and marketing of the *BSD operating systems. > > For the fulfillment of this noble mission, it would be better to display > statistics for the last complete month to casual visitors. If people > want to see running counters, this could be done on a different page. Actually, what we should do is put a 'History' page off that main one that expands that chart to include the previous two or three months, as well as this one ... would be easier/faster to implement then a graph too ... Antony? Have a couple of minutes to whip that together? Maybe do it similar to the countries page, but instead of listing countries, list month/year? maybe go back 6 months? - ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664 -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.4 (FreeBSD) iD8DBQFHV2Iw4QvfyHIvDvMRAscwAKDCKGAHyKk4hrJvxZ8oRNYyVpqpawCeO7NF s4J+XrhOYJom22oW47yzsvA= =wG2c -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----