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Xref: sserve comp.unix.misc:10444 comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit:5096 comp.unix.bsd:13054 comp.windows.x.i386unix:5662 biz.sco.general:9092 Newsgroups: comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.pc-clone.32bit,comp.unix.bsd,comp.windows.x.i386unix,biz.sco.general Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!mel.dit.csiro.au!its.csiro.au!dmssyd.syd.dms.CSIRO.AU!metro!basser.cs.su.oz.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!yeshua.marcam.com!news.kei.com!uuspew.uu.net!uunet!elroy.jpl.nasa.gov!decwrl!netcomsv!netcomsv!dsndata!backbone!backbone!wayne From: wayne@backbone.uucp (Wayne Schlitt) Subject: Re: SCO market share In-Reply-To: v$icli@bcrvmpc2.vnet.ibm.com's message of Wed, 8 Dec 1993 14: 30:55 GMT Message-ID: <WAYNE.93Dec8164902@backbone.uucp> Sender: wayne@backbone (Wayne Schlitt) Reply-To: tssi.com!backbone!wayne Organization: The Backbone Cabal References: <1993Dec03.172422.1339@sco.com> <1993Dec7.160306.14988@rwwa.COM> <1993Dec07.164143.7863@sco.com> <hastyCHp81t.HGF@netcom.com> <CHq0BJ.FK5@sernews.raleigh.ibm.com> Date: Wed, 8 Dec 1993 22:49:02 GMT Lines: 42 In article <CHq0BJ.FK5@sernews.raleigh.ibm.com> v$icli@bcrvmpc2.vnet.ibm.com (Charlie Li) writes: > > In <hastyCHp81t.HGF@netcom.com>, hasty@netcom.com (Amancio Hasty Jr) writes: > >Also, I am very interested on any Linux or 386bsd figures that they > >may have. > > I'd like to hear the statistics of this too. But I guess these are not > considered as in the Unix-for-Intel *MAARKET* since Linux and 386bsd are > *FREE*. :-) You can also *pay* for Linux (and *BSD), if you want to. There are quite a few companies selling this stuff on floppies, tape and CD-ROM. One of them, Yggdrasil is claiming that they have shipped ~8,000 Linux CD's within the last 3 months or so. Surveys have shown that ~30-40% of all Linux sites are at work and/or schools. The reliability of these surveys may be in question, but the indications are that Linux and *BSD are not just being used in small time outfits and homes. There are significant businesses doing significant work with these "free" versions of Unix. I am curious how significant the market share is. Data collected a year a go probably won't show much penetration by these systems, but things are growing quickly, especially the last 3-6 months or so. > How about Linux and 386bsd, do they come with C Compiler and TCP/IP/NFS? Yes. Both Linux and *BSD use gcc. *BSD has more stable networking, but lots of people are using Linux's and the more recent versions are getting close to *BSD's quality. It should be noted that TCP/IP was *developed* on BSD, so everyone else must compare thier version to BSD's. Yellow pages seems to be weak on both Linux and *BSD, or so I have been told.. -wayne