Date: Thu, 4 Feb 2016 08:00:50 -0800 From: Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> To: Remko Lodder <remko@freebsd.org> Cc: doc-committers@freebsd.org, svn-doc-all@freebsd.org, svn-doc-head@freebsd.org Subject: Re: svn commit: r48150 - head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd Message-ID: <CAF6rxgmGppjJjpJWb_yDpg7SWxp3pV9MFGFW9w4xLzZFBAFzBw@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <1D0251FC-4524-49F3-8B11-A76E787D1270@FreeBSD.org> References: <201602040801.u1481r5j087645@repo.freebsd.org> <1D0251FC-4524-49F3-8B11-A76E787D1270@FreeBSD.org>
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On 4 February 2016 at 02:35, Remko Lodder <remko@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> On 04 Feb 2016, at 09:01, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> wrote: >> >> Author: eadler >> Date: Thu Feb 4 08:01:53 2016 >> New Revision: 48150 >> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48150 >> >> Log: >> Remove 15+ yr old reference to the world's busiest FTP server >> >> Modified: >> head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.xml >> >> Modified: head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.xml >> =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D >> --- head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.xml Thu Feb 4= 02:19:12 2016 (r48149) >> +++ head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.xml Thu Feb 4= 08:01:53 2016 (r48150) >> @@ -31,14 +31,7 @@ >> <abstract> >> <para>In the open source world, the word <quote>Linux</quote> is a= lmost >> synonymous with <quote>Operating System</quote>, but it is not the= only >> - open source &unix; operating system. According >> - to the <link xlink:href=3D"http://www.leb.net/hzo/ioscount/data/r.= 9904.txt">Internet >> - Operating System Counter</link>, as of April 1999 31.3% of the >> - world's network connected machines run Linux. 14.6% run BSD &unix= ;. >> - Some of the world's largest web operations, such as <link xlink:hr= ef=3D"http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo!</link>, run BSD. The world's >> - busiest FTP server of 1999 (now defunct), <link xlink:href=3D"ftp:= //ftp.cdrom.com/">ftp.cdrom.com</link>, used BSD to >> - transfer 1.4 TB of data a day. Clearly this is not a niche >> - market: BSD is a well-kept secret.</para> >> + open source &unix; operating system.</para> >> >> <para>So what is the secret? Why is BSD not better known? This w= hite >> paper addresses these and other questions.</para> > > Why remove this? It explains why BSD is used and more specifically it doe= s not jump from =E2=80=98not the only unix operating system=E2=80=99 to =E2= =80=98so what is the secret, why is bsd not better known=E2=80=99. A 15+ yr old reference that talks about transferring 1.4 TB of data a day is hardly impressive. It might be better to reference Netflix or Whatapp now. --=20 Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
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