Date: Fri, 30 Mar 2001 02:30:12 -0800 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@zer0.org> To: "Kenneth P. Stox" <stox@imagescape.com> Cc: Freebsd-Advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: FreeBSD 5th in survey of used Linux distributions ! Message-ID: <20010330023012.G77952@klapaucius.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <XFMail.010329232956.stox@imagescape.com>; from stox@imagescape.com on Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 11:29:56PM -0600 References: <200103300048.BAA66087@bishopston.net> <XFMail.010329232956.stox@imagescape.com>
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On 2001-03-29 23:29 -0600, "Kenneth P. Stox" <stox@imagescape.com> wrote: > On 30-Mar-01 Jamie Jones wrote: > > > > http://www.evansdata.com/dist.htm > > And once again, we manage to aim the gun straight at our feet, and > fire! :-( > > "It has been brought to our attention that FreeBSD is not a Linux > distribution. The data was revised to exclude FreeBSD, and the numbers > above reflect the corrections. We apologize for the mistake." Argh. That's even more unscientific than the original survey. Perhaps, in the name of not-entirely-ridiculous science, Evans Data could be persuaded to include the FreeBSD numbers in another table, with a short explanatory paragraph. At least the stories are still up: http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/17973.html http://www.businesswire.com/webbox/bw.032801/210870525.htm Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter The process of scientific discovery mailto:gsutter@zer0.org is, in effect, a continual flight http://www.zer0.org/~gsutter/ from wonder. --Albert Einstein hkp://wwwkeys.pgp.net/0x845DFEDD To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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