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Date:      Fri, 13 Apr 2001 11:46:53 -0400
From:      Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net>
To:        Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com>
Cc:        security@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: Security Announcements & Incremental Patches
Message-ID:  <4.2.2.20010413114332.01a20e10@192.168.0.12>
In-Reply-To: <3AD70FC9.1628DB70@softweyr.com>
References:  <Pine.BSF.4.21.0104111214510.52823-100000@roble.com>

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At 08:40 AM 4/13/2001 -0600, Wes Peters wrote:

> > Agreed.  It might be worthwhile to point out that Linux is gaining
> > market share by leaps and bounds while FreeBSD's user base remains
> > relatively stagnant for *exactly* this reason.
>
>Bullshit.  B U L L S H I T.  The "market share" of Linux and FreeBSD are
>unknown and unknowable, so whatever you think they are is probably just
>as WRONG as what Linus and JKH think they are, and to lump this stupid-ass
>misunderstanding of what -stable is as the sole reason Linux has more
>users than FreeBSD is so far beyond naive to be an out-and-out lie.  You,
>sir, are a scoundrel.


Although I agree, its very difficult to measure, one metric that I find 
interesting is at

http://www.netcraft.net/survey/

Yes, there are many big *s with this info, but for what its worth, I think 
this is a decent starting point for 'guestimating' OS market share.

         ---Mike
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