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 >> ============================================================================== >> --- 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 almost >> synonymous with <quote>Operating System</quote>, but it is not the only >> - open source &unix; operating system. According >> - to the <link xlink:href="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:href="http://www.yahoo.com/">Yahoo!</link>, run BSD. The world's >> - busiest FTP server of 1999 (now defunct), <link xlink:href="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 white >> paper addresses these and other questions.</para> > > Why remove this? It explains why BSD is used and more specifically it does not jump from ‘not the only unix operating system’ to ‘so what is the secret, why is bsd not better known’. 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. -- Eitan Adler Source, Ports, Doc committer Bugmeister, Ports Security teamshelp
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