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Date:      Fri, 06 Jun 2008 08:56:01 +0200
From:      "Julian Stacey" <jhs@berklix.org>
To:        freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: BSDstats: May Statistics - 23 998 Hosts Reported In 
Message-ID:  <200806060656.m566u1VL077970@fire.js.berklix.net>
In-Reply-To: Your message "Thu, 05 Jun 2008 16:19:40 PDT." <2a7894eb0806051619s68d3b592m30207d5158546ec1@mail.gmail.com> 

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> FreeBSD.  Any large installation will image drives or perform their
> own custom installation and may very well not want their competitors
> to know how many machines they are running.

Some companies wont want their competitors, &/or suppliers/
clients to even know What OS's they run, let alone how many.  

Some government departments too (whose `competitors' could include
foreign governments, terrorists, thieves, & civil liberties groups etc).

I installed on 1 of 3 public servers, but not on firewalls or internals.

Julian
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