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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>
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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


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