From owner-freebsd-advocacy Tue Mar 23 9: 3:51 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from lariat.lariat.org (lariat.lariat.org [206.100.185.2]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 216F314D41 for ; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 09:03:49 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from brett@lariat.org) Received: (from brett@localhost) by lariat.lariat.org (8.8.8/8.8.6) id KAA03711; Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:03:29 -0700 (MST) Message-Id: <4.2.0.32.19990323100233.03ebef00@localhost> X-Sender: brett@localhost X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 4.2.0.32 (Beta) Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 10:03:23 -0700 To: Zippy , advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG From: Brett Glass Subject: Re: Netscape browser In-Reply-To: References: <4.2.0.32.19990323093031.04007ae0@localhost> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Oops.... I stand corrected: the figures were for systems identified by the "queso" utility as running FreeBSD. --Brett At 11:43 AM 3/23/99 -0500, Zippy wrote: >I posted the numbers. Please keep in mind the following: > >1) They were for RIPE hosts only. >2) They used queso and the % failure is statistically significant. >3) The methodology is suspect. > >That said, it may still be a good view into FreeBSD vs. Linux usage, IF >you remember to scope it with the above limitations. I'm not sure that >the numbers are valid for a sweeping statement about the obscurity of our >favorite operating system. Certainly, the numbers can be used in support >of OTHER valid statistical data, but I haven't seen any posted to augment >or contradict the RIPE sample. > >SB > > >On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > >> The evidence supports this. Recent download numbers posted on this list >> show Linux up about a percentage point and FreeBSD down about three, >> as I recall. >> >> --Brett >> >> At 10:06 PM 3/23/99 +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: >> >Brett Glass wrote: >> >> >> >> It looks as if any attempt to spur advocacy for, or promotion of, FreeBSD >> >> is doomed to failure in this group. No wonder FreeBSD is falling into >> >> obscurity while Linux crushes everything in sight. >> > >> >All evidence to the contrary... :-) >> > >> >-- >> >Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) >> >dcs@newsguy.com >> >dcs@freebsd.org >> > >> > "Someone's trying to hack into our server." >> > "Wow... How flattering!" >> > "I know. There must be some mistake." >> > >> >> >> >> 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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message