Date: Mon, 04 May 1998 17:23:20 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Eivind Eklund <eivind@yes.no>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG, advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: InfoWorld brawl esclates Message-ID: <199805042323.RAA11721@lariat.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <19980505010036.51517@follo.net> References: <199805042054.OAA09692@lariat.lariat.org> <199805042054.OAA09692@lariat.lariat.org>
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I was under the impression that dg had recently published hard numbers showing this trend. It'd certainly help to quote them there. --Brett At 01:00 AM 5/5/98 +0200, Eivind Eklund wrote: >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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