From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 14 00:06:54 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA10587 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:06:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mooseriver.com (dynamic13.pm07.sf3d.best.com [209.24.235.141]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA10582 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:06:49 GMT (envelope-from jgrosch@mooseriver.com) Received: (from jgrosch@localhost) by mooseriver.com (8.8.8/8.8.5) id AAA20569; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:06:30 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: <19980414000629.46799@mooseriver.com> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:06:29 -0700 From: Josef Grosch To: Greg Lehey Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Open Source Products Reply-To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com References: <19980414015920.30944@snark.thyrsus.com> <199804140618.XAA15623@implode.root.com> <19980413234027.16223@mooseriver.com> <19980414162049.F1870@freebie.lemis.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.79 In-Reply-To: <19980414162049.F1870@freebie.lemis.com>; from Greg Lehey on Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 04:20:49PM +0930 Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Apr 14, 1998 at 04:20:49PM +0930, Greg Lehey wrote: > On Mon, 13 April 1998 at 23:40:27 -0700, Josef Grosch wrote: > > On Mon, Apr 13, 1998 at 11:18:55PM -0700, David Greenman wrote: > >>> That said, you've done the best job of anyone here of raising doubt > >>> about my pessimistic BSD-will-die scenario in my mind. That figure of > >>> 25,000 registered users is very encouraging. > >> > >> If we use the same yardsticks that Linux does to estimate installed base, > >> then FreeBSD would be on about 500,000 machines. No joke. > > > > I am confused. Could you explain what yardstick Linux uses? > > Only slightly simplified: > > "Well, if everybody who should be using Linux really does use it, we > might have 20,000,000 users. I'd guess that only about 1/4 of them > really do, so Linux must have 5,000,000 users". > Now, that is an interesting way to estimate ones installed base. I guess I was sleeping when this technique was discussed in my Probability and Statistics class in college. ;-) Josef -- Josef Grosch | Another day closer to a | FreeBSD 2.2.5 jgrosch@MooseRiver.com | Micro$oft free world | UNIX for the masses To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message