Date: Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:46:53 -0400 From: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> To: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> Cc: security@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Security Announcements & Incremental Patches Message-ID: <4.2.2.20010413114332.01a20e10@192.168.0.12> In-Reply-To: <3AD70FC9.1628DB70@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104111214510.52823-100000@roble.com>
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At 08:40 AM 4/13/2001 -0600, Wes Peters wrote: > > Agreed. It might be worthwhile to point out that Linux is gaining > > market share by leaps and bounds while FreeBSD's user base remains > > relatively stagnant for *exactly* this reason. > >Bullshit. B U L L S H I T. The "market share" of Linux and FreeBSD are >unknown and unknowable, so whatever you think they are is probably just >as WRONG as what Linus and JKH think they are, and to lump this stupid-ass >misunderstanding of what -stable is as the sole reason Linux has more >users than FreeBSD is so far beyond naive to be an out-and-out lie. You, >sir, are a scoundrel. Although I agree, its very difficult to measure, one metric that I find interesting is at http://www.netcraft.net/survey/ Yes, there are many big *s with this info, but for what its worth, I think this is a decent starting point for 'guestimating' OS market share. ---Mike -------------------------------------------------------------------- Mike Tancsa, tel +1 519 651 3400 Network Administration, mike@sentex.net Sentex Communications www.sentex.net Cambridge, Ontario Canada www.sentex.net/mike To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-security" in the body of the message
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