Date: Tue, 5 May 1998 01:00:36 +0200 From: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no> To: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: InfoWorld brawl esclates Message-ID: <19980505010036.51517@follo.net> In-Reply-To: <199805042054.OAA09692@lariat.lariat.org>; from Brett Glass on Mon, May 04, 1998 at 02:54:15PM -0600 References: <199805042054.OAA09692@lariat.lariat.org>
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On Mon, May 04, 1998 at 02:54:15PM -0600, Brett Glass wrote: > The brawl in the InfoWorld forum is accelerating. After pointing out some > of the recent statistics from wcarchive, showing the increase in FreeBSD > downloads, I've been branded as a "zealot," as "hyping" FreeBSD, and as > a stooge for large corporations. I didn't realize that the religious > fervor among the Stallmanites was so intense, or that they had the blinders > on so tight. Part of this is because you quote Slackware numbers at them. The numbers are overall (Linux is going linear growth, FreeBSD still on exponential), not just against Slackware. And all of it is anecdotes. Eivind. To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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