From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Jul 11 07:29:49 2003 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3B33737B401 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:29:49 -0700 (PDT) Received: from conn.mc.mpls.visi.com (conn.mc.mpls.visi.com [208.42.156.2]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5017543F75 for ; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 07:29:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from veldy@veldy.net) Received: from veldy.net (veldy-host33.dsl.visi.com [209.98.200.33]) by conn.mc.mpls.visi.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 5D2CE88EC; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:29:47 -0500 (CDT) Received: from 4K3500B (localhost.veldy.net [127.0.0.1]) by veldy.net (Postfix) with SMTP id BE7C76D458; Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:29:14 -0500 (CDT) Message-ID: <013201c347b8$df5d15c0$d037630a@dh.com> From: "Thomas T. Veldhouse" To: "Andrew Robinson" , References: <20030711001942.683F537B401@hub.freebsd.org> <200307101908.47976.andrewr@uidaho.edu> Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 09:29:43 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook Express 6.00.2800.1106 X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2800.1106 Subject: Re: *BSD is dying X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.1 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 11 Jul 2003 14:29:49 -0000 The fact that it is a moderated forum leads me to believe that the slashdot operators are themselves FreeBSD bigots. I for one have much less respect for Slashdot for allowing that drivel through. Tom Veldhouse ----- Original Message ----- From: "Andrew Robinson" To: Sent: Thursday, July 10, 2003 9:08 PM Subject: *BSD is dying > I can assure you that this clown posts exactly this post to /. on a regular > basis ... except that half the time, it's BSD that's dying, and the other > half it's Windows Server, and the other half (ahem) it's Linux ... > > Andrew > > > > > > >http://slashdot.org/comments.pl?sid=70502&cid=6404771 > > > > > > > >It is now official - Netcraft has confirmed: *BSD is dying > > > > > > > >Yet another crippling bombshell hit the beleaguered *BSD community when > > > >recently IDC confirmed that *BSD accounts for less than a fraction of 1 > > > >percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of the latest Netcraft > > > >survey which plainly states that *BSD has lost more market share, this > > > >news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *BSD is collapsing > > > >in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last > > > >[samag.com] in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test. > > > > > > > >You don't need to be a Kreskin [amazingkreskin.com] to predict *BSD's > > > >future. The hand writing is on the wall: *BSD faces a bleak future. In > > > >fact there won't be any future at all for *BSD because *BSD is dying. > > > >Things are looking very bad for *BSD. As many of us are already aware, > > > >*BSD continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of > > > >blood. FreeBSD is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of > > > >its core developers. > > > > > > > >Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers. > > > > > > > >OpenBSD leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of OpenBSD. How > > > >many users of NetBSD are there? Let's see. The number of OpenBSD versus > > > >NetBSD posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there > > > >are about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet are about > > > >half of the volume of NetBSD posts. Therefore there are about 700 users > > > >of BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 percent of the *BSD > > > >market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD users. > > > >This is consistent with the number of FreeBSD Usenet posts. > > > > > > > >Due to the troubles of Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so on, FreeBSD > > > >went out of business and was taken over by BSDI who sell another > > > >troubled OS. Now BSDI is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet > > > >another charnel house. > > > > > > > >All major surveys show that *BSD has steadily declined in market share. > > > >*BSD is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If > > > >*BSD is to survive at all it will be among OS hobbyist dabblers. *BSD > > > >continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this > > > >point in time. For all practical purposes, *BSD is dead. > > > > > > > >Fact: *BSD is dead > > > > > > > > > > > >_______________________________________________ > > -- > Andrew Robinson Ph: 208 885 7115 > Department of Forest Resources Fa: 208 885 6226 > University of Idaho E : andrewr@uidaho.edu > PO Box 441133 W : http://www.uidaho.edu/~andrewr > Moscow ID 83843 Or: http://www.biometrics.uidaho.edu > No statement above necessarily represents my employer's opinion. > > _______________________________________________ > freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list > http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions > To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscribe@freebsd.org" >