From owner-freebsd-chat Tue Apr 14 00:27:44 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id AAA13815 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 00:27:44 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from mailgw01.execpc.com (mailgw01.execpc.com [169.207.16.9]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id HAA13777 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:27:35 GMT (envelope-from fpawlak@execpc.com) Received: from darkstar.connect.com (aargau-5.mdm.mke.execpc.com [169.207.85.133]) by mailgw01.execpc.com (8.8.8) id HAA13233 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 07:27:34 GMT Received: from darkstar.connect.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by darkstar.connect.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id CAA00768 for ; Tue, 14 Apr 1998 02:27:36 -0500 (CDT) Message-Id: <199804140727.CAA00768@darkstar.connect.com> Date: Tue, 14 Apr 1998 02:27:34 -0500 (CDT) From: Frank Pawlak Subject: Re: Open Source Products To: chat@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: <19980414162049.F1870@freebie.lemis.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/plain; CHARSET=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org 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