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Date:      Sat, 03 Jun 2006 21:27:00 -0700
From:      Darren Pilgrim <darren.pilgrim@bitfreak.org>
To:        illoai@gmail.com
Cc:        freebsd-chat@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??
Message-ID:  <44826114.8050002@bitfreak.org>
In-Reply-To: <d7195cff0606032109w416939f6i2deba87a6d0110f1@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <20060602145855.GA1481@scienceclue.ath.cx> <d7195cff0606032109w416939f6i2deba87a6d0110f1@mail.gmail.com>

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illoai@gmail.com wrote:
> On 6/2/06, Mathieu Prevot <freebsd-chat@club-internet.fr> flod:
>> Hello,
> 
> The generally linear downward trend in FreeBSD
> use since the advent of the "*BSD is dying" troll
> on slashdot nearly a decade ago conclusively
> demostrates that FreeBSD currently has a negative
> number of users.

It's a side effect of the modern computing culture.  The number of users 
complaining about instability, security holes and API stability is a 
direct measure of the size of the userbase.  There aren't any 
multi-million dollar businesses doing nothing but selling third-party 
utility development and technical support for FreeBSD, so it must 
obviously be dead, dying or not in use. :)

-- 
Darren Pilgrim



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