Date: Wed, 24 Feb 1999 21:25:11 -0700 From: Allen Campbell <allenc@verinet.com> To: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Commercial Tripwire available for Linux, not FreeBSD Message-ID: <36D4D0A7.A1CA0E81@verinet.com> References: <199902250340.UAA22559@usr07.primenet.com>
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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. > > Let him use the estimate for Linux to inflate FreeBSD's figures, since > there's really no count of the Linux installed base, other than estimates. Red Hat is saying ten million according to Bob Young during a CNN interview aired tonight. Prior to that, the oft quoted number was seven million. Total guesswork. Why not eleven million? Fifteen? Who could possibly contradict him with any more credibility? -- Allen Campbell | Lurking at the bottom of the allenc@verinet.com | gravity well, getting old. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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