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From: Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: *BSD counter: 652 registered users of free BSD versions
Date: 1 Jun 1994 03:00:05 +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!
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Status of the Free BSD counter, as of Mon May 16 22:00:16 MET DST 1994
There are 652 registered users of free BSD versions
PLACES WHERE FREE BSD IS USED
==========================
Self Other Sum %Sum Place
402 29 431 65% home
170 10 180 27% work
77 0 77 11% somewhere
40 0 40 6% school
6 0 6 0% not used
--------------------------
622 36 658 100% 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 fi Finland 14 0 14 5.0 2.8
3 no Norway 12 0 12 4.3 2.8
4 se Sweden 20 0 20 8.6 2.3
5 au Australia 36 0 36 17.1 2.1
6 nl Netherlands 19 0 19 14.9 1.3
7 ee Estonia 2 0 2 1.6 1.2
8 nz New Zealand 4 0 4 3.4 1.2
9 us USA 281 9 290 249.6 1.1
10 dk Denmark 5 0 5 5.1 1.0
11 de Germany 73 2 75 79.1 0.9
12 ie Ireland 3 0 3 3.5 0.9
13 ca Canada 22 0 22 26.6 0.8
14 at Austria 4 0 4 7.6 0.5
15 gb Great Britain 30 0 30 57.2 0.5
16 hk Hong Kong 3 0 3 5.9 0.5
17 cz Czech Rebublic 5 0 5 10.0 0.5
18 il Israel 3 0 3 6.3 0.5
19 za South Africa 12 0 12 30.2 0.4
20 sg Singapore 1 0 1 2.7 0.4
21 fr France 16 2 18 56.2 0.3
22 ch Switzerland 1 0 1 6.7 0.1
23 tw Taiwan 3 0 3 20.3 0.1
24 jp Japan 15 11 26 123.3 0.1
25 gr Greece 1 0 1 10.1 0.1
26 hu Hungary 1 2 3 10.5 0.1
27 my Malaysia 1 0 1 18.0 0.1
28 es Spain 2 0 2 39.5 0.1
29 su Soviet Union (former) 7 5 12 147.4 0.0
30 br Brazil 7 5 12 158.2 0.0
31 it Italy 2 0 2 57.7 0.0
32 kr Korea (South) 1 0 1 43.1 0.0
33 ua Ukraine 1 0 1 51.9 0.0
34 th Thailand 1 0 1 57.6 0.0
35 in India 3 0 3 844.0 0.0
36 xe Europe (Somewhere in it) 1 0 1 320.0 0.0
37 xx Unknown 3 0 3 5000.0 0.0