Date: Mon, 27 Apr 1998 13:27:09 +0800 From: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav?= <dag-erli@ifi.uio.no>, allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Nader paper mentions FreeBSD Message-ID: <19980427132709.40935@papillon.lemis.com> In-Reply-To: =?iso-8859-1?Q?=3Cxzpwwcgz8z3=2Efsf=40hrotti=2Eifi=2Euio=2Eno=3E=3B_from?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?_Dag-Erling_Coidan_Sm=F8rgrav__on_Thu=2C_Apr_23=2C_1998_a?= =?iso-8859-1?Q?t_08=3A30=3A40PM_%2B0200?= References: <199804220428.WAA12693@const.> <xzpwwcgz8z3.fsf@hrotti.ifi.uio.no>
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On Thu, 23 April 1998 at 20:30:40 +0200, Dag-Erling Coidan Smørgrav wrote: > allen campbell <allenc@verinet.com> writes: >> Linux is still much bigger, but it is pretty obvious we are receiving >> more notice every day. > > I'm not certain that Linux is bigger, at least not everywhere. It > certainly is much more visible on the Occidental scene, though. > However, I am under the impression that in Southeast Asia, FreeBSD > users greatly outnumber Linux users. I'm currently in South-East Asia. I can't confirm your impression. On the other hand, in Japan (East, not South-East Asia), FreeBSD has much more presence than elsewhere. I still think it probably lags behind Linux. > And even in Europe and the Americas, remember that a large portion of > FreeBSD installations are invisible: servers, routers, the kind of > machines which just sit there and do their job without ever getting > noticed by the general public. To judge by the number of press releases, the same probably applies to Linux. Greg To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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