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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!uunet!in2.uu.net!144.212.100.12!news.mathworks.com!news.sprintlink.net!news-peer.sprintlink.net!gail.ripco.com!fred.net!not-for-mail From: mcurry@fred.net ( ) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: Relative OS Usage Date: 9 Feb 1997 05:01:43 GMT Organization: FredNet - Frederick, Md. Lines: 30 Message-ID: <5djlnn$9ol@news.fred.net> References: <Pine.LNX.3.95.970208112147.23919A-100000@nanaimo.island.net> <Pine.LNX.3.95.970208113444.23919B-100000@nanaimo.island.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: bigdog.fred.net X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950824BETA PL0] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc:35218 Or, the next version of the popular mail program could be Pine.sol.tgz. On scented CD-ROMs. ;) Charles Mott (cmott@srv.net) wrote: : On Sat, 8 Feb 1997, Charles Mott wrote: : > I was wondering how to get an idea of the relative usage of different unix : > operating systems. When Pine is used to make a newsgroup posting it puts : > a three letter OS code in the message id. Here are the results from : > searching the Alta Vista usenet database. : > : > Search String Number of Matches : > ============= ================= : > : > "Pine." 30000 : > : > "Pine.SUN" 4000 : > "Pine.SOL" 4000 : > "Pine.OSF" 5000 : > "Pine.LNX" 2000 : > "Pine.SGI" 1000 : > "Pine.BSF" 300 : > "Pine.BSD" 200 : > : : Note: If J"org were to start using Pine, he could substantially improve : our statistics. :