From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon May 31 15:55:13 2010 Return-Path: Delivered-To: questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 487D41065675 for ; Mon, 31 May 2010 15:55:13 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from xkyanh@gmail.com) Received: from mail-px0-f182.google.com (mail-px0-f182.google.com [209.85.212.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 1467A8FC17 for ; Mon, 31 May 2010 15:55:12 +0000 (UTC) Received: by pxi7 with SMTP id 7so1985030pxi.13 for ; Mon, 31 May 2010 08:55:12 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:date:from:to:cc:subject :message-id:in-reply-to:references:organization:user-agent :x-operating-system:x-face:face:x-mailer:mime-version:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=Aw13+JpV4sh74lhfEmZg65ycK/2HdaT/L2Sd7yq8nlQ=; b=wd7Pqa5ItiTOLIPwPRjPMvsSwdqkSFKjbw1aYKdi8fFfPxXLDkqgcD/uRIzUzMOrqN PjG+f6DuImUsqR14a+ACWEfyrtM9KK2Urg8pRWb6jnPV5f5nSYppjpw/H8aXcoA0FZKo HIn2ayyoEQWIfXwXR/rCAMeLoLViULjcTDMsI= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=date:from:to:cc:subject:message-id:in-reply-to:references :organization:user-agent:x-operating-system:x-face:face:x-mailer :mime-version:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=MgYs9g3p5BYUgIsfxgOj9SJlBuiNaEiCzlGsKggfPoKY94IAnrI4ZFwuw6y6Qoeorj mGodNZ02tuVxWImF3aQ6ScivFpQHeW1c5RgYVb29GawO9TgtXeCj6pxVOf3GSL3YBTvb c9PMnnsbbLl18kw47W2CQTYR5az3FjCYRH9Mc= Received: by 10.140.248.20 with SMTP id v20mr3426360rvh.235.1275321312389; Mon, 31 May 2010 08:55:12 -0700 (PDT) Received: from icy.localdomain ([222.253.92.215]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id b1sm4353412rvn.14.2010.05.31.08.55.08 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 31 May 2010 08:55:11 -0700 (PDT) Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 22:54:27 +0700 From: "Anh Ky Huynh" To: "Marc G. Fournier" Message-ID: <20100531225427.494cb581@icy.localdomain> In-Reply-To: References: <4C032FDC.7090201@comclark.com> <20100531104944.43972435@icy.localdomain> <20100531115716.3f874797@icy.localdomain> Organization: Vietnamese TeX Users Group User-Agent: FreeBSD X-Operating-System: FreeBSD X-Face: FreeBSD Face: FreeBSD X-Mailer: FreeBSD Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Cc: Aiza , FreeBSD question Subject: Re: Is this information obtainable? 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: Mon, 31 May 2010 15:55:13 -0000 On Mon, 31 May 2010 02:05:57 -0300 (ADT) "Marc G. Fournier" wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2010, Anh Ky Huynh wrote: > > >> the numbers are growing ... since the start of May, I've seen the > >> numbers jump by almost 2k new computers, so it is growing ... but > >> ppl have to consciously install the software ... > > > > I remember the days when I was using Linux with > > http://counter.li.org/ (my ID is 392115). Anonymousness is good > > but I think that I'll be proud of having a counter for my > > (Free)BSD box :) Why don't bsdstat support registration? > > one of the critical requirements that alot of ppl out there had at > the start was anonymity ... not so much that they weren't proud to > run *BSD, but for safety ... there is nothing in the database that > can be traced back to the source, nor that can be spammed ... > > Also, easy of use was a big factor ... registration is just yet > another step that ppl (myself included) generally just don't bother > with ... it really doesn't give you much, and discourages alot of > ppl from doing it ... > > ... and, in the case of PCBSD, would make it harder to have it > auto-enabled, since it couldn't be enabled without the end user > registering first, which most wouldn't do ... > Uhm... I see. Thank you for your great explanation :) Regards, -- Anh Ky Huynh