From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Dec 6 16:17:40 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 3892A16A417 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:17:40 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (gizmo.acns.msu.edu [35.8.1.43]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id D554313C459 for ; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 16:17:39 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: from gizmo.acns.msu.edu (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6) with ESMTP id lB6GCnW5047420; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:12:49 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc@gizmo.acns.msu.edu) Received: (from jerrymc@localhost) by gizmo.acns.msu.edu (8.13.6/8.13.6/Submit) id lB6GClDV047419; Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:12:47 -0500 (EST) (envelope-from jerrymc) Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2007 11:12:47 -0500 From: Jerry McAllister To: "Marc G. Fournier" Message-ID: <20071206161247.GD47073@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <3356169C998DEAF517CD854B@ganymede.hub.org> <47570885.7090800@netscape.net> <20071205165958.65950ed4.wmoran@potentialtech.com> <475728C7.9080403@netscape.net> <136DAB3FF85F674A13F804BA@ganymede.hub.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <136DAB3FF85F674A13F804BA@ganymede.hub.org> User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.2i Cc: Antony Mawer , Tore Lund , freebsd-questions@freebsd.org 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 16:17:40 -0000 On Wed, Dec 05, 2007 at 10:45:04PM -0400, Marc G. Fournier wrote: > -----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? Gee, maybe you could mine the data to do a 'most recent 31 days' report. That should not show the dips and peaks in the middle of the month. ////jerry > > - ---- > 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----- > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org"