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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!munnari.OZ.AU!news.ecn.uoknor.edu!feed1.news.erols.com!newsfeeds.sol.net!news.ececs.uc.edu!news.kei.com!news.mathworks.com!howland.erols.net!ais.net!noc.van.hookup.net!nanaimo.island.net!cmott From: Charles Mott <cmott@srv.net> Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Relative OS Usage Date: Sat, 8 Feb 1997 11:36:24 -0800 Organization: HookUp Communication Corporation, Vancouver, BC, CANADA Lines: 23 Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970208113444.23919B-100000@nanaimo.island.net> References: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970208112147.23919A-100000@nanaimo.island.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: nanaimo.island.net Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII X-Sender: cmott@nanaimo.island.net In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970208112147.23919A-100000@nanaimo.island.net> Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35247 On Sat, 8 Feb 1997, Charles Mott wrote: > I was wondering how to get an idea of the relative usage of different unix > operating systems. When Pine is used to make a newsgroup posting it puts > a three letter OS code in the message id. Here are the results from > searching the Alta Vista usenet database. > > Search String Number of Matches > ============= ================= > > "Pine." 30000 > > "Pine.SUN" 4000 > "Pine.SOL" 4000 > "Pine.OSF" 5000 > "Pine.LNX" 2000 > "Pine.SGI" 1000 > "Pine.BSF" 300 > "Pine.BSD" 200 > Note: If J"org were to start using Pine, he could substantially improve our statistics.