From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Sep 19 17:29:47 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 67C3E16A417; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:29:47 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from scrappy@freebsd.org) Received: from hub.org (hub.org [200.46.204.220]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 69D1343D73; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:29:45 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from scrappy@freebsd.org) Received: from localhost (unknown [200.46.204.128]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 35E173A465D; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:29:34 -0300 (ADT) Received: from hub.org ([200.46.204.220]) by localhost (mx1.hub.org [200.46.204.128]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id 66621-08; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:28:17 +0000 (UTC) Received: from ganymede.hub.org (blk-137-86-60.eastlink.ca [24.137.86.60]) by hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9FC733A4636; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:28:05 -0300 (ADT) Received: by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix, from userid 1027) id 79B7E3CA69; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:28:16 -0300 (ADT) Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by ganymede.hub.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 74316351D8; Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:28:16 -0300 (ADT) Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 14:28:16 -0300 (ADT) From: "Marc G. Fournier" X-X-Sender: freebsd@ganymede.hub.org To: Oliver Fromme In-Reply-To: <200609150804.k8F84NLr002644@lurza.secnetix.de> Message-ID: <20060919142455.K1031@ganymede.hub.org> References: <200609150804.k8F84NLr002644@lurza.secnetix.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII; format=flowed Cc: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, scrappy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD not popular in Asia? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 19 Sep 2006 17:29:47 -0000 On Fri, 15 Sep 2006, Oliver Fromme wrote: > Marc G. Fournier wrote: > > At only 5000 hosts, I wouldn't be basing any decisions anyway ... I'd like > > to see 10x that number, and consistently, every month before reading *too* > > much into them ... > > > > Its only been running about 30 days so far, so @ 5k hosts so far, and most > > of those *since* Sept 1st, it shouldn't take us too long ... > > By the way, I've got a small question. Does the database > throw all entries away at the end of each month, and start > all over again with zero entries? Or is each entry expired > after a certain time has elapsed (31 days or whatever)? Neither ... the month that the report was submitted for has one entry for host ... we'll be able to graph stuff like growht in # of reporting hosts and such ... > I just noticed that "PC-BSD" is mentioned as separate OS in the > statistics now. I think it would be better to count it for FreeBSD > instead, because PC-BSD (similar to FreeSBIE) is just a standard FreeBSD > kernel + userland, plus some gadgets on top (GUI installer or live FS, > respectively). The 'plus some gadgets on top' is, IMHO, important ... it shows ppl are adopting BSD, but that, for them, those 'gadgets' are important for the deployment ... ---- Marc G. Fournier Hub.Org Networking Services (http://www.hub.org) Email . scrappy@hub.org MSN . scrappy@hub.org Yahoo . yscrappy Skype: hub.org ICQ . 7615664