Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 02:27:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com> To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Open Source Products Message-ID: <199804140727.CAA00768@darkstar.connect.com> In-Reply-To: <19980414162049.F1870@freebie.lemis.com>
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On 14 Apr, 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? If you are really interested in some statistical wizdardry, check out RedHat's web site. They had a doc there that explained the guesstimates Frank > > 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". > > Greg > -- > See complete headers for address and phone numbers > finger grog@lemis.com for PGP public key > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message -- ----------------------------- "At no time is freedom of speech more precious then when a man hits his thumb with a hammer." -- Marshall Lumsden To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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