Date: Sun, 08 Jun 2008 06:08:43 +0100 From: Matthew Seaman <m.seaman@infracaninophile.co.uk> To: Tobias Hoellrich <thoellri@adobe.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Flashplugin Message-ID: <484B695B.9030503@infracaninophile.co.uk> In-Reply-To: <E891374F64B9194FB5BFFF28935811CA02A3EF1B@namail2.corp.adobe.com> References: <200806071500.28001.derek.graham@att.net><11167f520806071333r7d51192at3bdcc5e63cb6766@mail.gmail.com><20080608000350.00006173@westmark> <slrng4m4k7.1tqn.jaj@nirvana.my.domain> <E891374F64B9194FB5BFFF28935811CA02A3EF1B@namail2.corp.adobe.com>
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This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 2440 and 3156) --------------enigD4FD6D0711B199535EF7DF1F Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Tobias Hoellrich wrote: > Since the last discussion I actually contacted the Flash Player team an= d > asked what it would take to get an official port for Flash Player on > FreeBSD. I was asked to provide numbers that would indicate how many > *desktop* FreeBSD systems are out there and how many of them are used o= n > a *regular* basis. So, if anybody on this list can provide those > answers, I'd be more than happy to do my part and relay the answers bac= k > to those people who can actually influence decisions in this area. > Again, I'm not speaking for Adobe, I'm just offering to help as much as= > I can as a happy FreeBSD user (well, if it wasn't for > http://www.freebsd.org/cgi/query-pr.cgi?pr=3D123735 on 8.0-CURRENT).=20 Well, if you consider PC-BSD as FreeBSD -- which it is for programmatic purposes, then at least 15,000 users are prepared to voluntarily self-report themselves as such. PC-BSD by it's nature implies desktop usage. Note that PC-BSD invites users to register with BSD Stats at install time. Other BSD variants require the user to have heard about and then gone and installed the reporting software, so the uptake is a lower proportion of the user base. Regular usage is a hard one. BSD stats requires a monthly report from each server, so the figures they have don't include any significant amount of historical cruft. Reports are also generated when the system reboots, but as far as I know, the BSD Stats project hasn't analysed its data to extract any information about how often people reboot their systems. http://www.bsdstats.org/ Cheers, Matthew --=20 Dr Matthew J Seaman MA, D.Phil. 7 Priory Courtyard Flat 3 PGP: http://www.infracaninophile.co.uk/pgpkey Ramsgate Kent, CT11 9PW --------------enigD4FD6D0711B199535EF7DF1F Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iEYEAREIAAYFAkhLaV4ACgkQ8Mjk52CukIyFqACdFW2CGpvOm/6fHjwWY22kolOd F24Anjc9TJHAxQfPWuSHM1KaPrldrk4S =9Ymv -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------enigD4FD6D0711B199535EF7DF1F--
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