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From: Anton Shterenlikht <mexas@bristol.ac.uk>
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On Thu, Jul 31, 2008 at 10:30:01PM +0100, Dieter wrote:
> > I wonder how many people run FBSD on alpha.
> > According to bsdstats.org very few - less than 5 boxes.
> > There must be more.
> 
> There are lots of BSD machines that bsdstats.org doesn't
> know about.
> 
> > Is there a way to find out how many people are on this list?
> > Is it a good indicator?
> 
> Probably the best indicator I can think of.

So how to find out the list membership?

many thanks
anton

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