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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