From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Sat Jun 12 20:13:02 2010 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 A5D271065675 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:13:02 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from sterling@camdensoftware.com) Received: from wh2.interactivevillages.com (wh2.interactivevillages.com [75.125.250.34]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 7D0D28FC16 for ; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:13:02 +0000 (UTC) Received: from 174-21-99-21.tukw.qwest.net ([174.21.99.21] helo=_HOSTNAME_) by wh2.interactivevillages.com with esmtpsa (TLSv1:AES256-SHA:256) (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1ONWwu-00075C-Ft for freebsd-questions@freebsd.org; Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:05:02 -0700 Received: by _HOSTNAME_ (sSMTP sendmail emulation); Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:12:55 -0700 Date: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 13:12:55 -0700 From: Chip Camden To: FreeBSD Questions Message-ID: <20100612201255.GD97434@libertas.local.camdensoftware.com> Mail-Followup-To: FreeBSD Questions References: <86eigdx6vl.fsf@red.stonehenge.com> <4C13320C.5090700@infracaninophile.co.uk> <20100612153813.GA53180@guilt.hydra> <4C13C737.6050400@infracaninophile.co.uk> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: User-Agent: Mutt/1.4.2.3i Company: Camden Software Consulting URL: http://camdensoftware.com X-AntiAbuse: This header was added to track abuse, please include it with any abuse report X-AntiAbuse: Primary Hostname - wh2.interactivevillages.com X-AntiAbuse: Original Domain - freebsd.org X-AntiAbuse: Originator/Caller UID/GID - [47 12] / [47 12] X-AntiAbuse: Sender Address Domain - camdensoftware.com Subject: Re: freebsd - for the win 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: Sat, 12 Jun 2010 20:13:02 -0000 On Jun 12 2010 13:53, Tim Judd wrote: > > These market statistics are pointless. The numbers are based on > people reporting their OS and usage. A system like Microsoft or Apple > can use a unique host id when checking for system updates which can > tabulate this data. Linux is possible to do same, I don't voluntarily > run linux so I don't know it as much as I do BSD. However, on BSD, we > have to purposely select, download, configure and use a product to > track, I know there are large corporations that use BSD (in one shape > or form) for their OS, it's just not reported. > > > I check the market share/statistics every now and then to see what the > trend is, but I consider them very one-sided and personally very > useless to show the actual usage. > > My 2 cents. Call me fatalistic, but I think there is a direct relationship between FreeBSD's high quality and it's lack of popularity. If it catered to the common herd, its compromises would be many. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com