On 18 January 2012 17:06, Devin Teske <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: [email protected] [mailto:owner-freebsd- >> [email protected]] On Behalf Of Julian Elischer >> Sent: Tuesday, January 17, 2012 10:56 AM >> To: Mark Felder >> Cc: [email protected] >> Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and >> lifecycle >> > [snip] > >> Where I used to work (Devin Teske is now there) we used to use the 'stable' >> branch and rolll our own releases. >> the criticality of those systems was hard to over-emphasize. In 2005 we >> worked >> out we processed 1.5 trillion dollars of transactions on those systems. >> > > Got new stats. In 2011 we ran $1.61T USD through FreeBSD. > > Separately, we ran another $0.05T USD through Linux in the same year. > > Kinda says something about, doesn't it?
Sorry to burst your bubble but this is utterly meaningless statistic. You show nothing but correlation and in no way a causation. Back in the days when the UK banks ran ATMs, &c on Windows NT (I have no idea what they are running now) they went through a lot more "value" than that---means absolutely nothing... -- Igor M. _______________________________________________ [email protected] mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-hackers To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[email protected]"
