Date: Thu, 16 Apr 1998 17:34:24 -0100 (GMT) From: Remy NONNENMACHER <remy@synx.com> To: dwilde1@ibm.net Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: how about a hard count? Message-ID: <Pine.A32.3.91.980416172921.10142N-100000@rs1> In-Reply-To: <353640FE.29DFF4AA@partsnow.com>
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On Thu, 16 Apr 1998, Don Wilde wrote: > Let's see if we can get an approximate count of FreeBSD machines out there in > the world. I'm going to make up a short 'survey form', and I think if we sift > the 'questions' list for addresses we ought to be able to get a first-level > approximation of people who are using or have installed FreeBSD. Part of the > survey will be for those who are queried to pass it along. Alternatively, we can > add a few lines to the online registration form to account for multiple machines > at one site. The e-mail, then, can be just a notification that we're asking for > registration updates. Then, a running counter on the home page would be a good > hook! > And count users !!. Too many statistics take boxes into account but one FreeBSD serving 10 users is 10 time one W$ thing serving 1 user. > No more bogus statistics, let's find out! Let's the world learn it is ruled by Unix!! > -- > oooOOO O O O o * * * * * * > o ___ _________ _________ ________ _________ _________ ___==_ > V_=_=_DW ===--- Don Wilde [don@PartsNow.com] [http://www.PartsNow.com ] > /oo0000oo-oo--oo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-ooo--ooo-ooo---ooo-ooo---ooo-oo--oo > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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