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From: iverson@lionheart.com (Tim Iverson)
Subject: Re: *BSD counter: 652 registered users of free BSD versions
References: <2sgmil$rui@aun.uninett.no> <2siau3$j2q@fw.novatel.ca>
Organization: Lionheart Software
Date: Wed, 1 Jun 1994 23:02:25 GMT
Message-ID: <Cqqqo1.ELt@lionheart.com>
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In article <2siau3$j2q@fw.novatel.ca>,
Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@sidney.novatel.ca> wrote:
>Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no wrote:
>: The intention of this counting project is to count all users of UNIXes
>: There are 652 registered users of free BSD versions
>
>Forgive me for a short bout of immaturity; but am I the only one on the

[rather hostile request for more meaningful statistics deleted]

Well, yes, it would be nice to have some more details (eg. sites running
*BSD, systems at site, users at site, etc.).  The picture painted by the
current counter is very blurry.  However, venting your spleen at someone
that is providing a *FREE* service isn't very productive (or polite).

If you want better stats, stop whining and setup a counter of your own.


- Tim Iverson
  iverson@lionheart.com