From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 21 12:00:19 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id MAA04303 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Thu, 21 May 1998 12:00:19 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from enigami.com (enigami.com [208.140.182.10]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id LAA04048 for ; Thu, 21 May 1998 11:59:36 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from ckempf@enigami.com) Received: from singularity.enigami.com (singularity.enigami.com [208.140.182.42]) by enigami.com (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id OAA15437 for ; Thu, 21 May 1998 14:59:03 -0400 (EDT) From: Cory Kempf Received: (from ckempf@localhost) by singularity.enigami.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA20961; Thu, 21 May 1998 14:56:49 -0400 (EDT) (envelope-from ckempf@enigami.com) Date: Thu, 21 May 1998 14:56:49 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <199805211856.OAA20961@singularity.enigami.com> To: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Corel Embraces Open Source Newsgroups: cory.BSD.questions References: <19980521045827486.AAA247@mail.nordicdms.com> X-Newsreader: NN version 6.5.0 #1 (NOV) Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG >Hey, check this out: > > http://www.wired.com/news/news/business/story/12187.html Also listed on Corel's home page. >Among other things, it says that Corel will be porting all its >applications, including WordPerfect, to Linux. It seems that Corel >is a good target for a FreeBSD promotional effort... The reason being that A, Linux has around 7M users, and B, has 100% growth rate over several years. While I would really like to see FBSD-Native versions of the Corel suite, realistically, this isn't going to happen unless we can show Corel that there is a viable market here. So, my question (finally!): Are there any estimates to the number of FreeBSD users / systems out there? If so, where? How do the BSD number stand up to Linux' numbers? What does the FreeBSD growth curve look like? Thanks, +C -- -- Thinking of purchasing RAM from the Chip Merchant? Please read this first: Cory Kempf Macintosh / Unix Consulting & Software Development ckempf@enigami.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message