On Jun 12 2010 13:53, Tim Judd wrote: > > These market statistics are pointless. The numbers are based on > people reporting their OS and usage. A system like Microsoft or Apple > can use a unique host id when checking for system updates which can > tabulate this data. Linux is possible to do same, I don't voluntarily > run linux so I don't know it as much as I do BSD. However, on BSD, we > have to purposely select, download, configure and use a product to > track, I know there are large corporations that use BSD (in one shape > or form) for their OS, it's just not reported. > > > I check the market share/statistics every now and then to see what the > trend is, but I consider them very one-sided and personally very > useless to show the actual usage. > > My 2 cents.
Call me fatalistic, but I think there is a direct relationship between FreeBSD's high quality and it's lack of popularity. If it catered to the common herd, its compromises would be many. -- Sterling (Chip) Camden http://camdensoftware.com | http://chipstips.com | http://chipsquips.com _______________________________________________ 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"
