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From: wbirch@zeppelin.lotus.com (William Birch [tree])
Subject: Re: WILL ???BSD DIE?
Message-ID: <1993Nov4.065836@zeppelin.lotus.com>
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References: <jmonroyCFv39C.Iv1@netcom.com> <2b64ce$l4o@zip.eecs.umich.edu> <hastyCFvpE8.F6@netcom.com> <kaleb.752284172@kanga.x.org>
Date: Thu, 4 Nov 1993 11:58:36 GMT
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In article <kaleb.752284172@kanga.x.org>, kaleb@expo.lcs.mit.edu (Kaleb
Keithley) writes:
|> hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes:
|> 
|> >Hi,
|> > 
|> >I am just curious as to how large is the installed based of 386bsd 
or linux
|> >users.
|> > 
|> >I have a strong suspicion that we are bigger than the OS/2 installed
base :-)
|> 
|> Do you think you have more that 2,250,000? How do you count people
like
|> me who have both installed on one system? 
|> 
|> Everyone who's running Linux and *BSD send Amancio email, Amancio,
you
|> let us know when you start counting. Post a notice every 100,000 or
so.
|> No fair using a computer to count. :-)
|> 
|> Methinks you've been hanging around Jesus too much. :-) Happy
counting.
|> 
|> --
|> 
|> Kaleb Keithley
|> 


 ummmm ... how does one count if they're running more than one machine
with 386bsd on it? ... as one or as the number of machines running bsd?

Wil

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