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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[-- Attachment #1 --] > On 04 Feb 2016, at 17:00, Eitan Adler <eadler@freebsd.org> wrote: > > 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. It does not go about ‘impressive’ or not but for historical reasons. We can _add_ netflix or whatsapp, but we just should not remove this because you find it outdated. > > -- > Eitan Adler > Source, Ports, Doc committer > Bugmeister, Ports Security teams > -- Best regards, Remko Lodder [-- Attachment #2 --] -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Comment: GPGTools - http://gpgtools.org iQIcBAEBCAAGBQJWtGt/AAoJEKjD27JZ84yw8uIP/3ECGIYjSpibr3WFR7oETEKw sOZw8aeU5xEz9Ir0xkjCPazg3M7Gu849j77UN11la7BF7ublkOBX/8g7dftPpZEL wfmj0Fbjp+AP9x80dM3JxEhGUxJHyDLcaz91lzn/Y7U3WY6cPRx5DitYJvuAf78q bOCKyVK1AvN+mBsPWtQ1ChXVS98g8KEZnktSUTEv1ssvFCQl6hKA6iOi2FQVzKKK L5iD+/7zHkq2C7VK+6dsCXQkCEYCXdqy836To1yEF7kTWJ2Rns6okljVA0YtgekG c8wrQdyELFe2K3DxgBhkFqP15Xn4XVdwHs7rt9SSTZi8/dve/g6fjd4TqlL2wA0B YZIL/Dp7g1nrSu/qAP1npKLL3LCbWm6lQQJOlus1/+WiHIlDoT52n/Bgnr+GNuLO LJcnUDfrRrfQ+siUlGxOnysBWf148JEKesGinxOd2V8hyFWQknOxL991KZA1WpUf f1mP5ASsBRG6+BopVRITFJ0fK0npGZxkYc8DcrrqdnHeroRkx3DONfCKIT5EtfgV VJk+Sed8fN3N6z77P3g+yPOT3fYXVq95ogi2Yj9spn5nfYpYcx6li5WGpt9PXFZ1 i2TrrWoNl8Jlnrcf7sBY6X/r9EcMQYlFFx2BCQLopHmdqYxaoh2kYNunuPqQZPu5 uXhLOLjktbFjwWzGoTk3 =Vzsz -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----help
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