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authorPeter Wemm <peter@FreeBSD.org>1995-12-30 19:02:48 +0000
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-In the absence of any other mechanism for counting the number of users
-of FreeBSD, we like to kindly suggest that you take a few minutes to please
-register with the counter set up by <Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no>.
-
-The justification for such "registration" is twofold: First, we really would
-like to know more about the size and demographics of our user-base in order
-to better support its needs. Second, it's a sad fact of life that many
-people rely on counters and statistics (even when highly dubious) rather
-than on actual experience when chosing an operating system, and the best we
-can hope to do in such circumstances is to at least try to provide some
-indication of how popular we are (or are not). This is not how we recommend
-that people go about chosing an operating system, but the necessity of
-such "marketing" remains an undeniable fact.
-
-The FreeBSD team does not necessarily feel that Harald's counter represents
-the best approach to such statistics gathering, and its accuracy can only
-be as good as people's willingness to register with it (and may not reflect
-the actual OS population at any single point in time), but in the total absence
-of any other mechanism for providing such useful statistics, it's certainly a
-start and we thank Harald for his efforts in providing this service.
-It's a community service, and of potential benefit to everyone (all *BSD
-users), so let's see if we can't make it work!
-
-Included below is the standard blurb from the counter.
-
-Thanks in advance,
-
- The FreeBSD team.
-
-
-How to get registered
-=====================
-
-In brief:
-
- [To register a running installation of FreeBSD]
- Send E-mail to bsd-counter@uninett.no with the SUBJECT line
-
- "I use FreeBSD at <place>"
-
-Introduction
-============
-The intention of this counting project is to count all users of UNIXes
-that are:
-
- - BSD-derived
- - Freely available
-
-The variants NetBSD, 386BSD and FreeBSD are currently distinguished.
-
-(NOTE: Linux is NOT BSD-derived. If you use that, send mail to
-linux-counter@uninett.no instead!!!)
-
-The information is *not* used for any purpose but statistics, and unless
-you request it, information about single persons are *never* made public.
-(A list of users who have requested publication is available from the
-FTP file ftp://aun.uninett.no/pub/misc/386bsd/persons)
-
-How to register
-===============
-Send E-mail to bsd-counter@uninett.no
-
-The subject should be
-
- I use FreeBSD|NetBSD|386BSD at <place>
-
-Where FreeBSD, NetBSD or 386BSD is the particular variant you're using
-and "place" can be school, work or home, or a combination of these.
-
-You will get back a letter with 3 things:
-
- - An acknowledgement
- - A form that you can fill out and send in with more information
- about yourself, your machine, and your 386bsd-using friends
- - A report giving the current status of the counter
-
-You can update your "vote" at any time, by sending an E-mail message
-from the same account. Duplicates will be weeded out.
-
-The current report, available by anonymous FTP to aun.uninett.no,
-directory pub/misc/386bsd-counter, file "short", is given below.
-
-For all questions, contact Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no!
-
-$Id: REGISTER.FreeBSD,v 1.1 1994/11/18 12:03:29 jkh Exp $