Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:04:23 +0200 (CEST) From: Oliver Fromme <olli@lurza.secnetix.de> To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, scrappy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD not popular in Asia? Message-ID: <200609150804.k8F84NLr002644@lurza.secnetix.de> In-Reply-To: <freebsd-advocacy.20060914174009.A1031@ganymede.hub.org>
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Marc G. Fournier <scrappy@freebsd.org> wrote: > At only 5000 hosts, I wouldn't be basing any decisions anyway ... I'd like > to see 10x that number, and consistently, every month before reading *too* > much into them ... > > Its only been running about 30 days so far, so @ 5k hosts so far, and most > of those *since* Sept 1st, it shouldn't take us too long ... By the way, I've got a small question. Does the database throw all entries away at the end of each month, and start all over again with zero entries? Or is each entry expired after a certain time has elapsed (31 days or whatever)? I just noticed that "PC-BSD" is mentioned as separate OS in the statistics now. I think it would be better to count it for FreeBSD instead, because PC-BSD (similar to FreeSBIE) is just a standard FreeBSD kernel + userland, plus some gadgets on top (GUI installer or live FS, respectively). In fact, I think that mentioning too many different BSD variants is counter-productive against the goals of the project. The main goal is to provide numbers to vendors and manufacturers, in order to get better support. However, mentioning a dozen different BSD variants will likely turn them away. Therefore I propose that only the "big four" are mentioned explicitely on the homepage, and all the rest be counted as "others" or similar. Just my 2 Euro cents. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "The scanf() function is a large and complex beast that often does something almost but not quite entirely unlike what you desired." -- Chris Torek
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