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Date:      Sat, 25 Apr 1998 15:06:07 -0700
From:      David Greenman <dg@root.com>
To:        jak@cetlink.net (John Kelly)
Cc:        chat@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Andreessen: Linux use growing 
Message-ID:  <199804252206.PAA22236@implode.root.com>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Sat, 25 Apr 1998 15:21:53 GMT." <3541fe7c.660073@mail.cetlink.net> 

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>>Evidence of this is in the WC CDROM sales figures for Slackware
>>Linux where growth has slowed from exponential to linear.
>
>Interest in Slackware has waned.  Redhat and Debian have taken its
>place.  Concluding that FreeBSD is growing faster than Linux, based on
>Slackware sales at Walnut Creek, seems to be wishful thinking.

   The conclusion that FreeBSD is growing faster than Linux is based on
comments that Linus made regarding the size and growth estimates of Linux,
not on anything that I think personally.

-DG

David Greenman
Co-founder/Principal Architect, The FreeBSD Project

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