From owner-freebsd-chat Wed Dec 2 23:55:52 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA14053 for freebsd-chat-outgoing; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 23:55:52 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp9.portal.net.au [202.12.71.109]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA14047 for ; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 23:55:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA04704; Wed, 2 Dec 1998 23:53:35 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199812030753.XAA04704@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Brett Glass cc: dg@root.com, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, tech@cdrom.com Subject: Re: another wcarchive record In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 02 Dec 1998 21:47:15 MST." <4.1.19981202214626.04293f10@127.0.0.1> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 02 Dec 1998 23:53:33 -0800 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-chat@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > Actually, the most significant thing about this, to my way of thinking, is > that FreeBSD was ahead of Linux in downloads. It wasn't on many previous > reports. This probably has something to do with the fact that FreeBSD's mirror sites are very effective, while ftp.cdrom.com is basically the *only* place that people go to download Redhat or Slackware. Ask David about the redhat-mirrors list the morning after the 5.2 release. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message