From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 14 00:17:26 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA12153 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:17:26 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from out4.ibm.net (out4.ibm.net [165.87.194.239]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA12144 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:17:21 GMT (envelope-from dwilde1@ibm.net) Received: from ibm.net (slip-32-100-79-253.ca.us.ibm.net [32.100.79.253]) by out4.ibm.net (8.8.5/8.6.9) with ESMTP id HAA47084; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:17:18 GMT Message-ID: <35330D68.2A96EDCE@ibm.net> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:16:56 -0700 From: Don Wilde Reply-To: dwilde1@ibm.net X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.04 [en] (Win95; I) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: jgrosch@superior.mooseriver.com CC: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Open Source Products References: <19980414015920.30944@snark.thyrsus.com> <199804140618.XAA15623@implode.root.com> <19980413234027.16223@mooseriver.com> <19980414162049.F1870@freebie.lemis.com> <19980414000629.46799@mooseriver.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Josef Grosch wrote: > 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. ;-) mmm, maybe that's the answer: spin out of control and hope enough people write 'dummies' books to try to profit from your huge user base, creating a huge hungry base of people who have to justify their $30 books... GNU's Not UNIX... FreeBSD's Not Linux.zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz disconnect timeout. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message