Date: Thu, 30 Apr 1998 16:29:04 +1000 (EST) From: Nicholas Charles Brawn <ncb05@uow.edu.au> To: "Pedro F. Giffuni" <giffunip@asme.org> Cc: John Kelly <jak@cetlink.net>, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Correction for Caldera article Message-ID: <Pine.SOL.3.96.980430162749.2936A-100000@banshee.cs.uow.edu.au> In-Reply-To: <3547CF5C.41C67EA6@asme.org>
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Does anyone have any figures for this? It's nice to say to raving linux fanatics (and friends) but they'll tear you to shreds unless you have something to back it up. Nick -- Email: ncb05@uow.edu.au | http://rabble.uow.edu.au/~nick Nicholas Brawn - Computer Science Undergraduate, University of Wollongong. On Wed, 29 Apr 1998, Pedro F. Giffuni wrote: > Once again: the original claim, based on something Linus said, is that > (all) Linux is growing linearly (no one said "nearly-flat") while > FreeBSD still grows exponentially. > > It's also a fact that FreeBSD is now more popular than Slackware Linux. > The rest is mere speculation...(hopefully WC will now focus on more > FreeBSD related products? ;-). > > Pedro. > > John Kelly wrote: > > > > On Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:54:02 -0600, Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> > > wrote: > > > > >Walnut Creek CD-ROM sells both FreeBSD and Linux. As documented in > > >earlier messages on this mailing list, sales of FreeBSD are increasing > > >while sales of Linux are nearly flat. > > > > Only at Walnut Creek, because they sell Slackware which fewer buyers > > nowdays are interested in. I have not seen or heard any real evidence > > that Linux sales are flat, except for the testimony of a few FreeBSD > > boosters. > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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