Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-03 Thread Darren Pilgrim
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 6/2/06, Mathieu Prevot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flod: Hello, The generally linear downward trend in FreeBSD use since the advent of the "*BSD is dying" troll on slashdot nearly a decade ago conclusively demostrates that FreeBSD currently has a negative number of users.

Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-03 Thread ill...@gmail.com
On 6/2/06, Mathieu Prevot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> flod: Hello, The generally linear downward trend in FreeBSD use since the advent of the "*BSD is dying" troll on slashdot nearly a decade ago conclusively demostrates that FreeBSD currently has a negative number of users. Linus Torvalds was accused

Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-03 Thread Marc G. Fournier
I think its the case with pretty much anything: http://www.google.com/trends?q=postgresql%2Cmysql%2Coracle&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all they are all declining in searches ... could it be that ppl are getting more intelligent about their searches themselves, requiring less searches to get to the in

Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-03 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 6/2/06, Ivan Voras <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Mathieu Prevot wrote: > Hello, > > it seems that google searches about freebsd are decreasing slowly since months: > http://www.google.com/trends?q=freebsd%2C+ubuntu%2C+debian%2C+redhat&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all Fortunately, both Linux and Windows

Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-03 Thread Nikolas Britton
On 6/2/06, Mathieu Prevot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, it seems that google searches about freebsd are decreasing slowly since months: http://www.google.com/trends?q=freebsd%2C+ubuntu%2C+debian%2C+redhat&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all Does this count google group searches? For example: http://gr

Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-03 Thread andrew clarke
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 10:37:28PM +0200, Simon Streit wrote: > > Or perhaps less people are using Google to search for "freebsd". > > I agree with you, because I'm quite new to FreeBSD and I hardly never > need Google for any Information when searching. I suspect some truly new people to FreeBS

Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-02 Thread Simon Streit
Hi, > Or perhaps less people are using Google to search for "freebsd". I agree with you, because I'm quite new to FreeBSD and I hardly never need Google for any Information when searching. Since I think that the FreeBSD Site is the best designed homepage for any resource of information for this d

Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-02 Thread Tyler Gee
On 6/2/06, andrew clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 04:58:55PM +0200, Mathieu Prevot wrote: > it seems that google searches about freebsd are decreasing slowly since months: > http://www.google.com/trends?q=freebsd%2C+ubuntu%2C+debian%2C+redhat&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all

Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-02 Thread andrew clarke
On Fri, Jun 02, 2006 at 04:58:55PM +0200, Mathieu Prevot wrote: > it seems that google searches about freebsd are decreasing slowly since > months: > http://www.google.com/trends?q=freebsd%2C+ubuntu%2C+debian%2C+redhat&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all Or perhaps less people are using Google to search for

Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-02 Thread Martin Tournoy
On Fri, 02 Jun 2006 14:58:55 -, Mathieu Prevot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hello, it seems that google searches about freebsd are decreasing slowly since months: http://www.google.com/trends?q=freebsd%2C+ubuntu%2C+debian%2C+redhat&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all Can this be related to FreeBSD

Re: is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-02 Thread Ivan Voras
Mathieu Prevot wrote: Hello, it seems that google searches about freebsd are decreasing slowly since months: http://www.google.com/trends?q=freebsd%2C+ubuntu%2C+debian%2C+redhat&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all Fortunately, both Linux and Windows are also declining in popularity :) http://www.google.co

is FreeBSD popularity decreasing ??

2006-06-02 Thread Mathieu Prevot
Hello, it seems that google searches about freebsd are decreasing slowly since months: http://www.google.com/trends?q=freebsd%2C+ubuntu%2C+debian%2C+redhat&ctab=0&geo=all&date=all Can this be related to FreeBSD quality (which increase?) or to FreeBSD popularity (which decrease?) ?? Any comments ?