Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 11:43:43 -0500 (EST) From: Zippy <seth@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> To: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Netscape browser Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.4.10.9903231138580.771-100000@freebie.dp.ny.frb.org> In-Reply-To: <4.2.0.32.19990323093031.04007ae0@localhost>
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I posted the numbers. Please keep in mind the following: 1) They were for RIPE hosts only. 2) They used queso and the % failure is statistically significant. 3) The methodology is suspect. That said, it may still be a good view into FreeBSD vs. Linux usage, IF you remember to scope it with the above limitations. I'm not sure that the numbers are valid for a sweeping statement about the obscurity of our favorite operating system. Certainly, the numbers can be used in support of OTHER valid statistical data, but I haven't seen any posted to augment or contradict the RIPE sample. SB On Tue, 23 Mar 1999, Brett Glass wrote: > The evidence supports this. Recent download numbers posted on this list > show Linux up about a percentage point and FreeBSD down about three, > as I recall. > > --Brett > > At 10:06 PM 3/23/99 +0900, Daniel C. Sobral wrote: > >Brett Glass wrote: > >> > >> It looks as if any attempt to spur advocacy for, or promotion of, FreeBSD > >> is doomed to failure in this group. No wonder FreeBSD is falling into > >> obscurity while Linux crushes everything in sight. > > > >All evidence to the contrary... :-) > > > >-- > >Daniel C. Sobral (8-DCS) > >dcs@newsguy.com > >dcs@freebsd.org > > > > "Someone's trying to hack into our server." > > "Wow... How flattering!" > > "I know. There must be some mistake." > > > > > > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org > with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message > To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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