From owner-freebsd-advocacy Mon Dec 27 8:53:54 1999 Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Received: from monsoon.mail.pipex.net (monsoon.mail.pipex.net [158.43.128.69]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 0500A14D94 for ; Mon, 27 Dec 1999 08:53:47 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from mark@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org) Received: (qmail 24016 invoked from network); 27 Dec 1999 16:53:44 -0000 Received: from useraq90.uk.uudial.com (HELO marder-1.) (62.188.136.150) by smtp.dial.pipex.com with SMTP; 27 Dec 1999 16:53:44 -0000 Received: (from mark@localhost) by marder-1. (8.9.3/8.9.3) id QAA86752; Mon, 27 Dec 1999 16:53:58 GMT (envelope-from mark) Date: Mon, 27 Dec 1999 16:53:58 +0000 From: Mark Ovens To: Donald Wilde Cc: advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, freebsd-users@dogma.freebsd-uk.eu.org Subject: Re: We're No.2 [Was: We're No. 1 :)] Message-ID: <19991227165358.G1290@marder-1> References: <19991218030314.C323@marder-1> <19991227021230.A1290@marder-1> <38678927.D3DA772F@thuntek.net> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 1.0pre2i In-Reply-To: <38678927.D3DA772F@thuntek.net> Organization: Total lack of Sender: owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Mon, Dec 27, 1999 at 08:43:35AM -0700, Donald Wilde wrote: > Mark Ovens wrote: > > > > On Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 03:03:14AM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote: > > > Maybe I've missed a post here but it seems we're No.1 in the OS > > > ratings :) (of course *we* all knew that, it's just that everyone > > > else didn't) > > > > > > http://www.deja.com/rate/list_items.xp?CID=11997 > > > > > > > Ahem, we appear to have slipped to 2nd place - *behind* *NT* :( > > > > Mind you, it's not all bad - Linux is *last* > > Due to the dramatic increase in NT posts, I'd suspect that somebody's > automatically stuffing the ballot box... Note that BSD has almost as > many posters as NT, Doh!, it was meant to be a tongue-in-cheek comment but everyone seems to have taken me too seriously. I realized that something was amiss for Linux to move from top to bottom and NT to move from bottom to top. Maybe I should have used ``:^)'' instead of ``:(''. > guess MS didn't think it worthwhile to include > trashing us in their automated stuffer. Well, they have to be careful, after all FreeBSD runs hotmail :) > -- > Donald Wilde "Linking Minds and Micros" > ================= S i l v e r L y n x =================== > PMB 117, 1380 Rio Rancho Blvd SE v: 505-771-0709 f: 771-1356 > Rio Rancho, New Mexico 87124 web: http://www.Wilde-Media.com -- "there's a long-standing bug relating to the x86 architecture that allows you to install Windows too" -Matthew D. Fuller ________________________________________________________________ FreeBSD - The Power To Serve http://www.freebsd.org My Webpage http://ukug.uk.freebsd.org/~mark/ mailto:mark@ukug.uk.freebsd.org http://www.radan.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message