We're No.2 [Was: We're No. 1 :)]

[Alex]

Donald Wilde wrote:
> 
> Mark Ovens wrote:
> >
> > On Sat, Dec 18, 1999 at 03:03:14AM +0000, Mark Ovens wrote:
> > > Maybe I've missed a post here but it seems we're No.1 in the OS
> > > ratings :) (of course *we* all knew that, it's just that everyone
> > > else didn't)
> > >
> > > http://www.deja.com/rate/list_items.xp?CID=11997
> > >
> >
> > Ahem, we appear to have slipped to 2nd place - *behind* *NT* :(
> >
> > Mind you, it's not all bad - Linux is *last*
> 
> Due to the dramatic increase in NT posts, I'd suspect that somebody's
> automatically stuffing the ballot box... Note that BSD has almost as
> many posters as NT, guess MS didn't think it worthwhile to include
> trashing us in their automated stuffer.


Come on, guys, Microsoft are bad alright, but it's silly even to think
that they would do stuff like that.  It just isn't worth the risk for
them - why would they care about some ballot box?   The ratings are a
true reflection of reality - let's face it, most servers are either BSD
or NT or Solaris/AIX/HP-UX/whatever.   Linux is a johnny-come-lately,
hence the rating.  It just shows that more NT admins knew about the site
and voted for NT.   If you're a BSD admin, you can go there and vote too
(I did).

Alex