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From: Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: *BSD counter: 624 registered users of free BSD versions
Date: 1 May 1994 03:00:08 +0200
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How to get registered
=====================
In brief:
Send E-mail to bsd-counter@uninett.no with the SUBJECT line
"I use <BSDversion> at <place>"
Introduction
============
The intention of this counting project is to count all users of UNIXes
that are:
- BSD-derived
- Freely available
The variants NetBSD, 386BSD and FreeBSD are currently distinguished.
(NOTE: Linux is NOT BSD-derived. If you use that, send mail to
linux-counter@uninett.no instead!!!)
The information is *not* used for any purpose but statistics, and unless
you request it, information about single persons are *never* made public.
(A list of users who have requested publication is available from the
FTP file ftp://aun.uninett.no/pub/misc/386bsd/persons)
How to register
===============
Send E-mail to bsd-counter@uninett.no
The subject should be
I use <version> at <place>
where "version" can be NetBSD, 386BSD and FreeBSD; "place" can be
school, work or home.
You will get back a letter with 3 things:
- An acknowledgement
- A form that you can fill out and send in with more information
about yourself, your machine, and your 386bsd-using friends
- A report giving the current status of the counter
You can update your "vote" at any time, by sending an E-mail message
from the same account. Duplicates will be weeded out.
The current report, available by anonymous FTP to aun.uninett.no,
directory pub/misc/386bsd-counter, file "short", is given below.
For all questions, contact Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no!
------------------------------------------------------------
Status of the Free BSD counter, as of Sat Apr 30 19:00:15 MET DST 1994
There are 624 registered users of free BSD versions
PLACES WHERE FREE BSD IS USED
==========================
Self Other Sum %Sum Place
388 29 417 66% home
161 10 171 27% work
71 0 71 11% somewhere
39 0 39 6% school
6 0 6 0% not used
--------------------------
594 36 630 100% TOTAL
NOTE: Some people use free BSD in multiple places, so the total is not
the sum of the columns.
COUNTRIES WHERE FREE BSD IS USED
=============================
Country Self Other Sum MPop Free BSD/M
---------------------------------------------------------------
1 is Iceland 1 0 1 0.3 3.9
2 no Norway 12 0 12 4.3 2.8
3 fi Finland 13 0 13 5.0 2.6
4 se Sweden 20 0 20 8.6 2.3
5 au Australia 31 0 31 17.1 1.8
6 nl Netherlands 18 0 18 14.9 1.2
7 nz New Zealand 4 0 4 3.4 1.2
8 us USA 270 9 279 249.6 1.1
9 dk Denmark 5 0 5 5.1 1.0
10 de Germany 69 2 71 79.1 0.9
11 ie Ireland 3 0 3 3.5 0.9
12 ca Canada 20 0 20 26.6 0.8
13 ee Estonia 1 0 1 1.6 0.6
14 at Austria 4 0 4 7.6 0.5
15 gb Great Britain 30 0 30 57.2 0.5
16 cz Czech Rebublic 5 0 5 10.0 0.5
17 za South Africa 12 0 12 30.2 0.4
18 sg Singapore 1 0 1 2.7 0.4
19 hk Hong Kong 2 0 2 5.9 0.3
20 il Israel 2 0 2 6.3 0.3
21 fr France 16 2 18 56.2 0.3
22 tw Taiwan 3 0 3 20.3 0.1
23 jp Japan 15 11 26 123.3 0.1
24 gr Greece 1 0 1 10.1 0.1
25 hu Hungary 1 2 3 10.5 0.1
26 my Malaysia 1 0 1 18.0 0.1
27 es Spain 2 0 2 39.5 0.1
28 su Soviet Union (former) 7 5 12 147.4 0.0
29 br Brazil 7 5 12 158.2 0.0
30 it Italy 2 0 2 57.7 0.0
31 kr Korea (South) 1 0 1 43.1 0.0
32 ua Ukraine 1 0 1 51.9 0.0
33 th Thailand 1 0 1 57.6 0.0
34 in India 3 0 3 844.0 0.0
35 xe Europe (Somewhere in it) 1 0 1 320.0 0.0
36 xx Unknown 3 0 3 5000.0 0.0