From: eric@tantalus.nrl.navy.mil (Eric Youngdale) Subject: Re: Estimate of # of Linux users? Date: Mon, 3 May 1993 21:24:41 GMT
In article <1993May3.153839.26198@nntpd.lkg.dec.com> barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com writes:
>I will also add that some companies (like mine) "shadow" one of the
>ftp sites to a company internal disk, and people within the company
>copy from there. Obviously, this will not be included in your ftp
>figures. Also, I myself have made 3 kits from floppies to other people.
>
>So the actual number of users is definately much higher than the ftp
>access figures.
>
>Perhaps it would be much more accurate to take a poll?
Perhaps now is the time to take two of the threads that have been
running here and tie them together. Once there is a Linux Journal, it will be
possible to get a good idea of Linux usage (or at least the level of interest)
by looking at the subscription figures.
-Eric
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