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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.cs.su.oz.au!metro!munnari.OZ.AU!spool.mu.edu!howland.reston.ans.net!nntp.crl.com!acara.snsnet.net!polo.iquest.com!not-for-mail From: chris@vespucci.iquest.com (Chris Fisher) Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy,alt.os.linux,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc,comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc,alt.pud Subject: User Count (was Re: a monthly FreeBSD magazine (and other *BSD's too) Date: 17 Dec 1995 09:41:39 -0600 Organization: interQuest Online Services -- Huntsville, AL Lines: 20 Distribution: world Message-ID: <4b1dnj$eql@vespucci.iquest.com> References: <4ajc07$sb7@unix2.glink.net.hk> <4atq47$l46@agate.berkeley.edu> <4att23$mha@agate.berkeley.edu> <4au4fo$pbo@agate.berkeley.edu> NNTP-Posting-Host: vespucci.iquest.com Summary: Expires: Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.advocacy:30875 alt.os.linux:6543 comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:10803 comp.unix.bsd.netbsd.misc:1616 In article <4au4fo$pbo@agate.berkeley.edu>, Nick Kralevich <nickkral@parker.EECS.Berkeley.EDU> wrote: >In article <4att23$mha@agate.berkeley.edu>, >Jordan K. Hubbard <jkh@violet.berkeley.edu> wrote: >statistical basis for those percentages. Again, I'll suggest that >you read ftp://aun.uninett.no/pub/misc/linux-counter/README.ESTIMATES >for more information why the person who maintains the counter believes Hey Nick I got a have a slight problem with your linux counter. Now stay with me on this because it may startle you a bit. How does it provide for people who no longer run linux? *gee* if I wanted an estimate of people who had used linux once or even for a little while I guess your source would be valid. But you want a current number it seems from your discussion. -- "Perception is not in the eye of the beholder, but of his fears." - Me. big.red.button@this-site-contains-nothing-but-important-launch-codes.nsa.org FreeBSD/NetBSD/BSDi/VSTa OSF/Ultrix/SunOS/Linux Unixware/Sco/Solaris/Windows