From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Feb 24 20:22:30 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Received: from shell.futuresouth.com (shell.futuresouth.com [198.78.58.28]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DBECF14CAC for ; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 20:22:25 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from fullermd@futuresouth.com) Received: (from fullermd@localhost) by shell.futuresouth.com (8.9.1a/8.9.1) id WAA01795; Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:21:32 -0600 (CST) Message-ID: <19990224222131.J596@futuresouth.com> Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 22:21:31 -0600 From: "Matthew D. Fuller" To: Brett Glass , Terry Lambert , Greg Lehey Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Commercial Tripwire available for Linux, not FreeBSD References: <19990225140444.I52343@lemis.com> <199902250340.UAA22559@usr07.primenet.com> <4.1.19990224210648.03fcf670@mail.lariat.org> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.2i In-Reply-To: <4.1.19990224210648.03fcf670@mail.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 09:07:38PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Wed, Feb 24, 1999 at 09:07:38PM -0700, a little birdie told me that Brett Glass remarked > At 03:40 AM 2/25/99 +0000, Terry Lambert wrote: > > >> > The person who answered the phone said that he doubted there would ever be > >> > an implementation for FreeBSD because "no one uses it." When I pointed out > >> > that FreeBSD's estimated user base is two thirds that of Linux, > >> > >> You probably lost him at this point. > > > >Yeah. > > > >Just say it's 66% of Linux's installed base. > > I don't get it. Why would a percentage be any different than a fraction? Because after rounding, 2/3 becomes 67%, which is more ;-) --- *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* | Matthew Fuller http://www.over-yonder.net/~fullermd | * fullermd@futuresouth.com fullermd@over-yonder.net * | UNIX Systems Administrator Specializing in FreeBSD | * FutureSouth Communications ISPHelp ISP Consulting * | "The only reason I'm burning my candle at both ends, | * is because I haven't figured out how to light the * | middle yet" | *-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-*-* To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message