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Date:      Fri, 5 Feb 2016 10:29:35 +0100
From:      Remko Lodder <remko@FreeBSD.org>
To:        Eitan Adler <eadler@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:  <376A469D-74FC-4C14-B783-D80B2B34A552@FreeBSD.org>
In-Reply-To: <CAF6rxgmGppjJjpJWb_yDpg7SWxp3pV9MFGFW9w4xLzZFBAFzBw@mail.gmail.com>
References:  <201602040801.u1481r5j087645@repo.freebsd.org> <1D0251FC-4524-49F3-8B11-A76E787D1270@FreeBSD.org> <CAF6rxgmGppjJjpJWb_yDpg7SWxp3pV9MFGFW9w4xLzZFBAFzBw@mail.gmail.com>

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> On 04 Feb 2016, at 17:00, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> wrote:
>=20
> On 4 February 2016 at 02:35, Remko Lodder <remko@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>=20
>>> On 04 Feb 2016, at 09:01, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> wrote:
>>>=20
>>> Author: eadler
>>> Date: Thu Feb  4 08:01:53 2016
>>> New Revision: 48150
>>> URL: https://svnweb.freebsd.org/changeset/doc/48150
>>>=20
>>> Log:
>>> Remove 15+ yr old reference to the world's busiest FTP server
>>>=20
>>> Modified:
>>> head/en_US.ISO8859-1/articles/explaining-bsd/article.xml
>>>=20
>>> 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=
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=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 almost
>>>      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:href=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>
>>>=20
>>>      <para>So what is the secret?  Why is BSD not better known?  =
This white
>>>      paper addresses these and other questions.</para>
>>=20
>> Why remove this? It explains why BSD is used and more specifically it =
does 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.
>=20
> 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.

It does not go about =E2=80=98impressive=E2=80=99 or not but for =
historical reasons. We can _add_ netflix or whatsapp, but we just should =
not remove this because you find it outdated.

>=20
> --
> Eitan Adler
> Source, Ports, Doc committer
> Bugmeister, Ports Security teams
>=20

--
Best regards,

Remko Lodder




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