Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 18:20:46 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Malartre <malartre@aei.ca> Cc: Frank Pawlak <fpawlak@execpc.com>, chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Correction for Caldera article Message-ID: <199804300020.SAA26926@lariat.lariat.org> In-Reply-To: <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, even if that were so, FreeBSD would *still* be gaining market share, so the statement in the article would still be incorrect! --Brett At 05:49 PM 4/29/98 -0400, you wrote: >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 >> >> >> >> >> >>To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> >>with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message >> > >> >> To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org >> with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message > > > >-- >-------------------------------------------------- >malartre@aei.ca ICQ #4224434 >www.aei.ca/~malartre/ FreeBSD 4 Newbies project >Windows_95-B Unix FreeBSD-2.2.6 >-------------------------------------------------- > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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