IP: more on bsd and free systems

[David Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

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> From: "Richard Dooling" <dooling () home com>
> To: <farber () cis upenn edu>
> Subject: RE: DOE and 9/9/99 bug?
> Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 10:49:35 -0500
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> Unfortunately, WSJ requires a subscription, so these are just fair-use
> snippets:
>
> WSJ Friday 9/10/99 page B1
> "Beyond Linux, Free Systems Help Build The Web"
>
> "To serve nearly 80 million people each month, Yahoo! Inc. operates about
> 1,000 computers that run on FreeBSD, a program distributed without charge
> over the Internet."
>
> "While Microsoft almost never talks about it, its own Hotmail free e-mail
> service runs not on its flaship Windows NT but on FreeBSD."
>
> "In fact, one recent survey showed that BSD accounted for nearly 15% of all
> server machines connected to the Internet.  Linux leads the pack with 31%,
> and is the only major operating system making any gains.  Windows had 24%."
>
> Rick Dooling
> http://www.weirdharold.com
> richard () dooling com