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From: Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: *BSD counter statistics
Date: 1 Feb 1994 10:31:35 +0100
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This is a test. If it works, this will be posted on the first
of every month. Comments on format and content welcome!
- HTA -
How to get registered
=====================
In brief:
Send E-mail to bsd-counter@uninett.no with the SUBJECT line
"I use <BSDversion> 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 <version> at <place>
where "version" can be NetBSD, 386BSD and FreeBSD; "place" can be
school, work or home.
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!
------------------------------------------------------------
Status of the Free BSD counter, as of Tue Feb 1 06:00:20 MET 1994
There are 466 registered users of free BSD versions
PLACES WHERE FREE BSD IS USED
==========================
Self Other Sum %Sum Place
295 27 322 68% home
127 5 132 27% work
47 0 47 9% somewhere
29 0 29 6% school
6 0 6 1% not used
--------------------------
441 31 472 100% TOTAL
NOTE: Some people use free BSD in multiple places, so the total is not
the sum of the columns.
COUNTRIES WHERE FREE BSD IS USED
=============================
Country Self Other Sum MPop Free BSD/M
---------------------------------------------------------------
1 is Iceland 1 0 1 0.3 3.9
2 no Norway 11 0 11 4.3 2.6
3 fi Finland 9 0 9 5.0 1.8
4 se Sweden 15 0 15 8.6 1.7
5 au Australia 22 0 22 17.1 1.3
6 nz New Zealand 4 0 4 3.4 1.2
7 ie Ireland 3 0 3 3.5 0.9
8 us USA 205 9 214 249.6 0.8
9 nl Netherlands 10 0 10 14.9 0.7
10 de Germany 52 2 54 79.1 0.7
11 ca Canada 17 0 17 26.6 0.6
12 ee Estonia 1 0 1 1.6 0.6
13 dk Denmark 3 0 3 5.1 0.6
14 cz Czech Rebublic 5 0 5 10.0 0.5
15 at Austria 3 0 3 7.6 0.4
16 sg Singapore 1 0 1 2.7 0.4
17 gb Great Britain 19 0 19 57.2 0.3
18 za South Africa 8 0 8 30.2 0.3
19 fr France 12 2 14 56.2 0.2
20 il Israel 1 0 1 6.3 0.2
21 jp Japan 13 11 24 123.3 0.1
22 gr Greece 1 0 1 10.1 0.1
23 tw Taiwan 2 0 2 20.3 0.1
24 hu Hungary 1 2 3 10.5 0.1
25 my Malaysia 1 0 1 18.0 0.1
26 es Spain 2 0 2 39.5 0.1
27 it Italy 2 0 2 57.7 0.0
28 su Soviet Union (former) 4 5 9 147.4 0.0
29 br Brazil 1 0 1 158.2 0.0
30 xe Europe (Somewhere in it) 1 0 1 320.0 0.0
31 in India 2 0 2 844.0 0.0
32 xx Unknown 2 0 2 5000.0 0.0
33 xw The World (Somewhere in i 1 0 1 5000.0 0.0