Date: Thu, 12 Sep 1996 09:05:37 -0600 From: Sean Kelly <kelly@fsl.noaa.gov> To: jimcasey@sprynet.com Cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Popularity Message-ID: <199609121505.PAA03856@gatekeeper.fsl.noaa.gov> In-Reply-To: <32377EB8.9D7@sprynet.com> (message from Jim Casey on Wed, 11 Sep 1996 23:08:40 -0400)
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>>>>> "Jim" == Jim Casey <jimcasey@sprynet.com> writes: Jim> How popular is FreeBSD in comparrison to Linux ? Raw number of users? Linux has more than FreeBSD. Types of users? Well, that's debatable. But popularity isn't the best metric to judge an OS. MS-DOS has more users than Linux and FreeBSD combined, but it's a crappy OS. Jim> Linux was ok, But I am wondering if FreeBsd would be more like Jim> SCO. FreeBSD will be closer to SCO in some regards, while Linux will be in others. Give it a try, and draw your own conclusions. If you need any help with installation, just ask us here at "questions@freebsd.org". -- Sean Kelly NOAA Forecast Systems Laboratory kelly@fsl.noaa.gov Boulder Colorado USA http://www-sdd.fsl.noaa.gov/~kelly/
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