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In the absence of any other mechanism for counting the number of users
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of FreeBSD, we like to kindly suggest that you take a few minutes to please
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register with the counter set up by <Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no>.
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The justification for such "registration" is twofold: First, we really would
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like to know more about the size and demographics of our user-base in order
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to better support its needs. Second, it's a sad fact of life that many
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people rely on counters and statistics (even when highly dubious) rather
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than on actual experience when chosing an operating system, and the best we
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can hope to do in such circumstances is to at least try to provide some
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indication of how popular we are (or are not). This is not how we recommend
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that people go about chosing an operating system, but the necessity of
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such "marketing" remains an undeniable fact.
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The FreeBSD team does not necessarily feel that Harald's counter represents
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the best approach to such statistics gathering, and its accuracy can only
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be as good as people's willingness to register with it (and may not reflect
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the actual OS population at any single point in time), but in the total absence
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of any other mechanism for providing such useful statistics, it's certainly a
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start and we thank Harald for his efforts in providing this service.
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It's a community service, and of potential benefit to everyone (all *BSD
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users), so let's see if we can't make it work!
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Included below is the standard blurb from the counter.
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Thanks in advance,
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The FreeBSD team.
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How to get registered
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=====================
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In brief:
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[To register a running installation of FreeBSD]
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Send E-mail to bsd-counter@uninett.no with the SUBJECT line
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"I use FreeBSD at <place>"
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Introduction
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The intention of this counting project is to count all users of UNIXes
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that are:
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- BSD-derived
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- Freely available
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The variants NetBSD, 386BSD and FreeBSD are currently distinguished.
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(NOTE: Linux is NOT BSD-derived. If you use that, send mail to
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linux-counter@uninett.no instead!!!)
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The information is *not* used for any purpose but statistics, and unless
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you request it, information about single persons are *never* made public.
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(A list of users who have requested publication is available from the
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FTP file ftp://aun.uninett.no/pub/misc/386bsd/persons)
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How to register
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===============
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Send E-mail to bsd-counter@uninett.no
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The subject should be
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I use FreeBSD|NetBSD|386BSD at <place>
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Where FreeBSD, NetBSD or 386BSD is the particular variant you're using
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and "place" can be school, work or home, or a combination of these.
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You will get back a letter with 3 things:
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- An acknowledgement
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- A form that you can fill out and send in with more information
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about yourself, your machine, and your 386bsd-using friends
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- A report giving the current status of the counter
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You can update your "vote" at any time, by sending an E-mail message
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from the same account. Duplicates will be weeded out.
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The current report, available by anonymous FTP to aun.uninett.no,
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directory pub/misc/386bsd-counter, file "short", is given below.
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For all questions, contact Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no!
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$Id: REGISTER.FreeBSD,v 1.2 1994/12/01 13:24:20 jkh Exp $
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