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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
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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.