From owner-freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Fri Sep 15 08:04:33 2006 Return-Path: X-Original-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Delivered-To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.freebsd.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 6839916A416; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:04:33 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (lurza.secnetix.de [83.120.8.8]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id E24B943D5E; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:04:30 +0000 (GMT) (envelope-from olli@lurza.secnetix.de) Received: from lurza.secnetix.de (jylqnu@localhost [127.0.0.1]) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.4) with ESMTP id k8F84NA4002645; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:04:29 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from oliver.fromme@secnetix.de) Received: (from olli@localhost) by lurza.secnetix.de (8.13.4/8.13.1/Submit) id k8F84NLr002644; Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:04:23 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from olli) Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:04:23 +0200 (CEST) Message-Id: <200609150804.k8F84NLr002644@lurza.secnetix.de> From: Oliver Fromme To: freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG, scrappy@FreeBSD.ORG In-Reply-To: X-Newsgroups: list.freebsd-advocacy User-Agent: tin/1.8.0-20051224 ("Ronay") (UNIX) (FreeBSD/4.11-STABLE (i386)) X-Greylist: Sender IP whitelisted, not delayed by milter-greylist-2.1.2 (lurza.secnetix.de [127.0.0.1]); Fri, 15 Sep 2006 10:04:29 +0200 (CEST) Cc: Subject: Re: FreeBSD not popular in Asia? X-BeenThere: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: FreeBSD Evangelism List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Fri, 15 Sep 2006 08:04:33 -0000 Marc G. Fournier wrote: > At only 5000 hosts, I wouldn't be basing any decisions anyway ... I'd like > to see 10x that number, and consistently, every month before reading *too* > much into them ... > > Its only been running about 30 days so far, so @ 5k hosts so far, and most > of those *since* Sept 1st, it shouldn't take us too long ... By the way, I've got a small question. Does the database throw all entries away at the end of each month, and start all over again with zero entries? Or is each entry expired after a certain time has elapsed (31 days or whatever)? I just noticed that "PC-BSD" is mentioned as separate OS in the statistics now. I think it would be better to count it for FreeBSD instead, because PC-BSD (similar to FreeSBIE) is just a standard FreeBSD kernel + userland, plus some gadgets on top (GUI installer or live FS, respectively). In fact, I think that mentioning too many different BSD variants is counter-productive against the goals of the project. The main goal is to provide numbers to vendors and manufacturers, in order to get better support. However, mentioning a dozen different BSD variants will likely turn them away. Therefore I propose that only the "big four" are mentioned explicitely on the homepage, and all the rest be counted as "others" or similar. Just my 2 Euro cents. Best regards Oliver -- Oliver Fromme, secnetix GmbH & Co. KG, Marktplatz 29, 85567 Grafing Dienstleistungen mit Schwerpunkt FreeBSD: http://www.secnetix.de/bsd Any opinions expressed in this message may be personal to the author and may not necessarily reflect the opinions of secnetix in any way. "The scanf() function is a large and complex beast that often does something almost but not quite entirely unlike what you desired." -- Chris Torek