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From: Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.misc
Subject: *BSD counter: 624 registered users of free BSD versions
Date: 1 May 1994 03:00:08 +0200
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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 Sat Apr 30 19:00:15 MET DST 1994

There are 624 registered users of free BSD versions


PLACES WHERE FREE BSD IS USED
==========================
 Self Other   Sum %Sum  Place
  388    29   417  66% home
  161    10   171  27% work
   71     0    71  11% somewhere
   39     0    39   6% school
    6     0     6   0% not used
--------------------------
  594    36   630 100% 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                       12     0    12     4.3   2.8
 3 fi Finland                      13     0    13     5.0   2.6
 4 se Sweden                       20     0    20     8.6   2.3
 5 au Australia                    31     0    31    17.1   1.8
 6 nl Netherlands                  18     0    18    14.9   1.2
 7 nz New Zealand                   4     0     4     3.4   1.2
 8 us USA                         270     9   279   249.6   1.1
 9 dk Denmark                       5     0     5     5.1   1.0
10 de Germany                      69     2    71    79.1   0.9
11 ie Ireland                       3     0     3     3.5   0.9
12 ca Canada                       20     0    20    26.6   0.8
13 ee Estonia                       1     0     1     1.6   0.6
14 at Austria                       4     0     4     7.6   0.5
15 gb Great Britain                30     0    30    57.2   0.5
16 cz Czech Rebublic                5     0     5    10.0   0.5
17 za South Africa                 12     0    12    30.2   0.4
18 sg Singapore                     1     0     1     2.7   0.4
19 hk Hong Kong                     2     0     2     5.9   0.3
20 il Israel                        2     0     2     6.3   0.3
21 fr France                       16     2    18    56.2   0.3
22 tw Taiwan                        3     0     3    20.3   0.1
23 jp Japan                        15    11    26   123.3   0.1
24 gr Greece                        1     0     1    10.1   0.1
25 hu Hungary                       1     2     3    10.5   0.1
26 my Malaysia                      1     0     1    18.0   0.1
27 es Spain                         2     0     2    39.5   0.1
28 su Soviet Union (former)         7     5    12   147.4   0.0
29 br Brazil                        7     5    12   158.2   0.0
30 it Italy                         2     0     2    57.7   0.0
31 kr Korea (South)                 1     0     1    43.1   0.0
32 ua Ukraine                       1     0     1    51.9   0.0
33 th Thailand                      1     0     1    57.6   0.0
34 in India                         3     0     3   844.0   0.0
35 xe Europe (Somewhere in it)      1     0     1   320.0   0.0
36 xx Unknown                       3     0     3  5000.0   0.0