On Mon, 31 May 2010 02:05:57 -0300 (ADT) "Marc G. Fournier" <scra...@hub.org> wrote:
> On Mon, 31 May 2010, Anh Ky Huynh wrote: > > >> the numbers are growing ... since the start of May, I've seen the > >> numbers jump by almost 2k new computers, so it is growing ... but > >> ppl have to consciously install the software ... > > > > I remember the days when I was using Linux with > > http://counter.li.org/ (my ID is 392115). Anonymousness is good > > but I think that I'll be proud of having a counter for my > > (Free)BSD box :) Why don't bsdstat support registration? > > one of the critical requirements that alot of ppl out there had at > the start was anonymity ... not so much that they weren't proud to > run *BSD, but for safety ... there is nothing in the database that > can be traced back to the source, nor that can be spammed ... > > Also, easy of use was a big factor ... registration is just yet > another step that ppl (myself included) generally just don't bother > with ... it really doesn't give you much, and discourages alot of > ppl from doing it ... > > ... and, in the case of PCBSD, would make it harder to have it > auto-enabled, since it couldn't be enabled without the end user > registering first, which most wouldn't do ... > Uhm... I see. Thank you for your great explanation :) Regards, -- Anh Ky Huynh _______________________________________________ freebsd-questions@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-questions To unsubscribe, send any mail to "freebsd-questions-unsubscr...@freebsd.org"