Is this information obtainable?

[Anh Ky Huynh]

On Mon, 31 May 2010 02:05:57 -0300 (ADT)
"Marc G. Fournier" <scrappy at hub.org> wrote:

> On Mon, 31 May 2010, Anh Ky Huynh wrote:
> 
> >> 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?
> 
> one of the critical requirements that alot of ppl out there had at
> the start was anonymity ... not so much that they weren't proud to
> run *BSD, but for safety ... there is nothing in the database that
> can be traced back to the source, nor that can be spammed ...
> 
> Also, easy of use was a big factor ... registration is just yet
> another step that ppl (myself included) generally just don't bother
> with ... it really doesn't give you much, and discourages alot of
> ppl from doing it ...
> 
> ... and, in the case of PCBSD, would make it harder to have it 
> auto-enabled, since it couldn't be enabled without the end user 
> registering first, which most wouldn't do ...
> 

Uhm... I see. Thank you for your great explanation :)

Regards,

-- 
Anh Ky Huynh