Is this information obtainable?

[Anh Ky Huynh]

On Mon, 31 May 2010 01:31:34 -0300 (ADT)
"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy at hub.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 31 May 2010, Anh Ky Huynh wrote:
> 
> > On Mon, 31 May 2010 11:41:16 +0800
> > Aiza <aiza21 at comclark.com> wrote:
> >
> >> I trying to estimate the number of Freebsd computers.
> >> To gauge a rough range size.
> >
> > This may help: http://www.bsdstats.org/ :)
> 
> BSDstats has a very long way to go before the numbers start to look 
> rasonable ... for PCBSD, the #s are pretty reasonable, because they
> set it up so that its auto-enabled when  you intall ... for
> FreeBSD, the numbers aren't even close, since ppl have to manually
> install it ...

I think so:) I shouldn't use bsdstat on my servers, but I'm eager to use it on my desktops
 
> the numbers are growing ... since the start of May, I've seen the
> numbers jump by almost 2k new computers, so it is growing ... but
> ppl have to consciously install the software ...

I remember the days when I was using Linux with http://counter.li.org/ (my ID is 392115). Anonymousness is good but I think that I'll be proud of having a counter for my (Free)BSD box :) Why don't bsdstat support registration?

Just my two cents...

Regards,

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Anh Ky Huynh