From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Thu Jun 7 05:27:41 2012 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 3435A106564A for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2012 05:27:41 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from perrin@apotheon.com) Received: from oproxy8-pub.bluehost.com (oproxy8.bluehost.com [IPv6:2605:dc00:100:2::a8]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id EAF298FC0A for ; Thu, 7 Jun 2012 05:27:40 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 15026 invoked by uid 0); 7 Jun 2012 05:27:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO box543.bluehost.com) (74.220.219.143) by oproxy8.bluehost.com with SMTP; 7 Jun 2012 05:27:40 -0000 DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=apotheon.com; s=default; h=In-Reply-To:Content-Type:MIME-Version:References:Message-ID:Subject:To:From:Date; bh=LfpH/AJ4kcP5jiwtiJ+Oou7kGZ7qDNWGbzYX0aohHhw=; b=My1o7DHNCMstOkllW4qEIXlbIRXt+PZtqsojcqVIznzyG5koTZrHk30lTNhbZbgosMcxPpyT8jYg+xQ0xl+u7T1Hxdhk1gy/3G0M5NFlUdB8KMg5WcBTp9KK3KJVQymf; Received: from [24.8.180.234] (port=61437 helo=localhost) by box543.bluehost.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES128-SHA:128) (Exim 4.76) (envelope-from ) id 1ScVG0-0004cZ-7P for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Wed, 06 Jun 2012 23:27:40 -0600 Date: Wed, 6 Jun 2012 23:27:39 -0600 From: Chad Perrin To: FreeBSD Message-ID: <20120607052739.GB12857@hemlock.hydra> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD References: <20120605201900.GB60388@hs1.VERBENA> <20120605172046.2571e964@scorpio> <03ad948ef0fdab7fabfe119fdef00a0a@mail.magehandbook.com> <20120606150500.1345c639@scorpio> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: <20120606150500.1345c639@scorpio> User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.21 (2010-09-15) X-Identified-User: {2737:box543.bluehost.com:apotheon:apotheon.com} {sentby:smtp auth 24.8.180.234 authed with perrin@apotheon.com} Subject: Re: Is this something we (as consumers of FreeBSD) need to be aware of?] 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, 07 Jun 2012 05:27:41 -0000 On Wed, Jun 06, 2012 at 03:05:00PM -0400, Jerry wrote: > > I don't know of any user personally who purchased a new PC and then > threw FreeBSD on it. Most users that I have come into contact with use > 2+ year old units that have been replaced by shiny new Windows units. I > don't see that changing anytime soon. I have immediately installed FreeBSD on the last four or five laptops I purchased, and I get most of my laptops direct from Lenovo. While my Significant Other has been installing Debian on her laptops, also acquired from Lenovo, she is probably going to start using FreeBSD instead next time. I know several other people who install FreeBSD on their new primary-use systems when they get them, including a couple of developers who do MS Windows development (among other things). This doesn't even take into account the servers many of us use, which are even more likely to get FreeBSD installed, and none of this has anything to do with corporate accounts or bulk purchases. Yes, my evidence is anecdotal, but I think your notions of the frequency of FreeBSD use other than in a corporate setting are also based on anecdotal observations, so we're even. -- Chad Perrin [ original content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ]