Date: Wed, 15 Oct 1997 18:30:42 -0700 (PDT) From: Ian Struble <ian@majesticnet.com> To: Greg Lehey <grog@lemis.com> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG, Andreas Klemm <andreas@klemm.gtn.com>, "Jordan K. Hubbard" <jkh@time.cdrom.com>, jkb <jkb@best.com>, Jonathan Lemon <jlemon@americantv.com> Subject: Re: Linux vs. the rest of the world, poor OS comparison on web p Message-ID: <XFMail.971015191423.ian@majesticnet.com> In-Reply-To: <19971014112528.09598@lemis.com>
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On 14-Oct-97 Greg Lehey wrote:
>
>Why not give this guy the benefit of the doubt? I'll send him the
>comparison that I plan to print in "The Complete FreeBSD", and offer
>to investigate the grey areas, like driver support.
>
>Question to all, particularly jkh: This guy claims 6,000,000 users of
>Linux, obviously a very optimistic figure. If we're optimistic, how
>high could we push the number of FreeBSD users without leaving the
>realms of reality?
In the Oct 13 NetworkWorld on pg 21, there is a figure of 3-10 million linux
users worldwide, so this 6 million figure may be a reasonable number. There
is also an article ("Linux flexes its Internet muscle") that goes on about how
linux does this and that and washes your dishes. FreeBSDdoes/supports most if
not all of the same things except maybe support Microsoft Server Block protocol.
On a more FreeBSD note, I read something in SunExpert(1-2 months ago?) that was
touting FreeBSD loud and clear. I have been off the mailing lists for a few
months but I will see if I can't find the article again if someone wants to read
it themselves.
Ian
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