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Date:      Wed, 29 Apr 1998 17:49:50 -0400
From:      Malartre <malartre@aei.ca>
To:        Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>
Cc:        Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Correction for Caldera article
Message-ID:  <3547A07E.4307EAF@aei.ca>
References:  <199804291743.LAA22012@lariat.lariat.org> <199804291743.LAA22012@lariat.lariat.org> <199804291954.NAA23676@lariat.lariat.org>

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Well, maybe Linux Slackware sales are flat, go see Caldera and RedHat:  They
will not reply that!

Malartre

Brett Glass wrote:

> Walnut Creek CD-ROM sells both FreeBSD and Linux. As documented in
> earlier messages on this mailing list, sales of FreeBSD are increasing
> while sales of Linux are nearly flat.
>
> --Brett
>
> At 02:49 PM 4/29/98 -0500, Frank Pawlak wrote:
>
> >Brett,
> >
> >Where is it documented that FreeBSD is growing faster than Linux?  I'm not
> debating you on this issue, but it would be good to see numbers that are
> somewhat more firm than jello.
> >
> >Frank
> >
> >
> >*********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
> >
> >On 4/29/98, at 2:18 PM, Brett Glass wrote:
> >
> >>In an article at
> >>
> >>http://www.zdnet.com/intweek/daily/980427h.html
> >>
> >>Will Rodger (rodger@worldnet.att.net) states:
> >>
> >>"Linux was the only operating system not owned by Microsoft
> >>that gained market share in 1997."
> >>
> >>This is obviously incorrect, since in fact FreeBSD has --
> >>at least percentagewise -- been gaining market share
> >>FASTER than Linux.
> >>
> >>Members of this list should ask Will to correct his article by
> >>adding a mention of FreeBSD.
> >>
> >>--Brett
> >>
> >>
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