Date: Sun, 01 Oct 2006 23:54:41 -0300 From: "Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy@freebsd.org> To: Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: BSDStats 4.0 - You need to upgrade ... Message-ID: <87CC3448E055CBA0FA7F3545@ganymede.hub.org> In-Reply-To: <F0C28AF6EDA51B836E79DB52@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local> References: <26EEDF4D00A6FED35E475A61@ganymede.hub.org> <F0C28AF6EDA51B836E79DB52@paul-schmehls-powerbook59.local>
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Yes, most definitely ... port will always have the latest version, I just copy it up to the web site afterwards for "the other BSDs" :) Sorry for the confusion ... --On Sunday, October 01, 2006 21:09:52 -0500 Paul Schmehl <pauls@utdallas.edu> wrote: > Marc, is the port no longer being maintained? > > --On October 1, 2006 8:12:05 PM -0300 "Marc G. Fournier" > <scrappy@freebsd.org> wrote: > >> IMPORTANT! This message has been blind-carbon-copied to you. >> Do not reply-to-all or forward it without the author's permission. >> >> >> Apologies for the multi-list post, but I've been receiving several >> requests from varous *BSD users about this, so figured I'd hit everyone >> in one fell swoop ... >> >> First, for those that aren't aware, back in August, after some lengthy >> discussions on the FreeBSD mailing lists, I built a script that is meant >> to provide a means of building up usage metrics for the *BSD operating >> systems ... something that refreshes itself mountly (ie. periodic >> monthly script in FreeBSD) so that it isn't "who installed *BSD", but >> "who is currently running *BSD" ... >> >> The results of this work can be seen at http://www.bsdstats.org >> >> This is not a "FreeBSD is better then ..." sort of thing, although some >> wish to see it that way ... the point is to get an idea of how many are >> running *BSDs to show vendors (both software and hardware) that we >> aren't just a bunch of hobbiest, but are viable market that they should >> be addressing. >> >> Since we started this, we've hit two hurdles that had to be addressed by >> upgrading the script in such a way that makes the older ones unable to >> be used for reporting ... >> >> If you are running the script, please make sure that you are running the >> *newest* version, which is available at: >> >> http://www.bsdstats.org/downloads/300.statistics >> >> For those paranoid about running stuff like this ... its a shell script, >> and there is nothing 'hidden' or 'covert' about it ... it sends in what >> operating system, what version and what architecture you are running ... >> we do not store your IP or hostname in the database, everything is key'd >> off a key you send in on first connection, and a token we send back ... >> after that first run, unless you remove the token file from your server, >> it will repeatedly use the same key/token pair ... >> >> And, the script is meant to be run monthly ... we are looking for long >> term usage numbers, not a 'point in time' sort of thing ... >> >> So, if you haven't downloaded and upgraded to the newest version, please >> do and run the script when finished to get your host into the system. >> >> If you have any questions, please email me directly ... >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list >> http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions >> To unsubscribe, send any mail to >> "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" > > > > Paul Schmehl (pauls@utdallas.edu) > Adjunct Information Security Officer > The University of Texas at Dallas > http://www.utdallas.edu/ir/security/ ---- 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
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