Date: Mon, 31 May 2010 22:54:27 +0700 From: "Anh Ky Huynh" <xkyanh@gmail.com> To: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> Cc: Aiza <aiza21@comclark.com>, FreeBSD question <questions@freebsd.org> Subject: Re: Is this information obtainable? Message-ID: <20100531225427.494cb581@icy.localdomain> In-Reply-To: <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005310202520.75550@hub.org> References: <4C032FDC.7090201@comclark.com> <20100531104944.43972435@icy.localdomain> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005310126000.75550@hub.org> <20100531115716.3f874797@icy.localdomain> <alpine.BSF.2.00.1005310202520.75550@hub.org>
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On Mon, 31 May 2010 02:05:57 -0300 (ADT) "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@hub.org> wrote: > On Mon, 31 May 2010, Anh Ky Huynh wrote: > > >> the numbers are growing ... since the start of May, I've seen the > >> numbers jump by almost 2k new computers, so it is growing ... but > >> ppl have to consciously install the software ... > > > > I remember the days when I was using Linux with > > http://counter.li.org/ (my ID is 392115). Anonymousness is good > > but I think that I'll be proud of having a counter for my > > (Free)BSD box :) Why don't bsdstat support registration? > > one of the critical requirements that alot of ppl out there had at > the start was anonymity ... not so much that they weren't proud to > run *BSD, but for safety ... there is nothing in the database that > can be traced back to the source, nor that can be spammed ... > > Also, easy of use was a big factor ... registration is just yet > another step that ppl (myself included) generally just don't bother > with ... it really doesn't give you much, and discourages alot of > ppl from doing it ... > > ... and, in the case of PCBSD, would make it harder to have it > auto-enabled, since it couldn't be enabled without the end user > registering first, which most wouldn't do ... > Uhm... I see. Thank you for your great explanation :) Regards, -- Anh Ky Huynh
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