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Date:      Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:58:22 +0100
From:      Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de>
To:        Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com>
Cc:        Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org>
Subject:   Re: Technological advantages over Linux
Message-ID:  <20200215235822.f804ffc6.freebsd@edvax.de>
In-Reply-To: <20200215232623.7995b06e@archlinux>
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On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:26:23 +0100, Ralf Mardorf via freebsd-questions wrote:
> That something is more used then something else, doesn't necessarily
> indicate that it's the best choice or that the usage is reasonable at
> all.

That's why numbers from "market share" (somehow measured) over
"usage share" (actually in use) up to "knowledge share" (known
to decision makers) are probably not a good guide to choosing
an OS. Furthermore, systems that do not track "unit sales" or
"registered installations" are completely out of scope here.



> I bet that more desktop computers on this planet run Windows, than
> FreeBSD or Linux for tasks, in domains that are better supported by
> FreeBSD or Linux.

And all of them connect to the Internet, using a device that
internally uses a BSD or a Linux, and the bowels of the Internet
consist primarily of BSD and Linux. Add "Linux-like things" to
the mix, like Android smartphones, or "BSD-like things" like
Macs, and numbers might look a little different.


-- 
Polytropon
Magdeburg, Germany
Happy FreeBSD user since 4.0
Andra moi ennepe, Mousa, ...



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