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Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 17:23:20 -0600
To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG
From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Subject: Re: InfoWorld brawl esclates
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I was under the impression that dg had recently published hard numbers
showing this trend. It'd certainly help to quote them there.

--Brett

At 01:00 AM 5/5/98 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote:
 
>On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 02:54:15PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote:
>> The brawl in the InfoWorld forum is accelerating. After pointing out some
>> of the recent statistics from wcarchive, showing the increase in FreeBSD
>> downloads, I've been branded as a "zealot," as "hyping" FreeBSD, and as
>> a stooge for large corporations. I didn't realize that the religious
>> fervor among the Stallmanites was so intense, or that they had the blinders
>> on so tight.
>
>Part of this is because you quote Slackware numbers at them.  The numbers
>are overall (Linux is going linear growth, FreeBSD still on exponential),
>not just against Slackware.
>
>And all of it is anecdotes.
>
>Eivind.
> 

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