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Cognitive Dissident: Interview with John Perry Barlow
Bob Hellbringer writes "Mother Jones Magazine has an online interview with John Perry Barlow of the EFF, on the things that all slashdotters love: 'the Total Information Awareness project, online activism, file sharing, and the prospect of a digital counterculture.'"
Is this coincidence or is /. this dead at 2:00 am?
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One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered *BSD community when IDC confirmed that *BSD market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all servers. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that *BSD has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. *BSD is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by failing dead last in the recent Sys Admin comprehensive networking test.
You don't need to be a Kreskin to predict *BSD's future. The hand writing is on the wall: *BSD faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for *BSD because *BSD is dying. Things are looking very bad for *BSD. As many of us are already aware, *BSD continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood.
FreeBSD is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core developers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time FreeBSD developers Jordan Hubbard and Mike Smith only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: FreeBSD is dying.
Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers.
OpenBSD leader Theo states that there are 7000 users of OpenBSD. How many users of NetBSD are there? Let's see. The number of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet is roughly in ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore there are about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet are about half of the volume of NetBSD posts. Therefore there are about 700 users of BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 percent of the *BSD market. Therefore there are (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD users. This is consistent with the number of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Due to the troubles of Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so on, FreeBSD went out of business and was taken over by BSDI who sell another troubled OS. Now BSDI is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another charnel house.
All major surveys show that *BSD has steadily declined in market share. *BSD is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If *BSD is to survive at all it will be among OS dilettante dabblers. *BSD continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, *BSD is dead.
Fact: *BSD is dying
It is official; Netcraft now confirms: Slashdot is dying One more crippling bombshell hit the already beleaguered Slashdot community when IDC confirmed that Slashdot market share has dropped yet again, now down to less than a fraction of 1 percent of all geeks. Coming on the heels of a recent Netcraft survey which plainly states that Slashdot has lost more market share, this news serves to reinforce what we've known all along. Slashdot is collapsing in complete disarray, as fittingly exemplified by falling dead last in the recent "News for Nerds" female repulsiveness test. You don't need to be a Kreskin [amazingkreskin.com] to predict Slashdot's future. The hand writing is on the wall: Slashdot faces a bleak future. In fact there won't be any future at all for Slashdot because Slashdot is dying. Things are looking very bad for Slashdot. As many of us are already aware, Slashdot continues to lose market share. Red ink flows like a river of blood. SourceForge is the most endangered of them all, having lost 93% of its core dicklovers. The sudden and unpleasant departures of long time Slashdot dicklovers digitalcowboy and PetWolverine only serve to underscore the point more clearly. There can no longer be any doubt: Slashdot is dying. Let's keep to the facts and look at the numbers. Slashdot leader CowboyNeal states that there are 7,000,000,000 users of Slashdot. How many users of NewsForge are there? Let's see. The number of NewsForge versus Slashdot trolls is roughly in the ratio of 5 to 1. Therefore if you multiply that by the number of times digitalcowboy has enjoyed having his shit pushed in, then divde by 4 (the length of his dick in inches) there are about 8y-C/4 = 13 NewsForge users. SourceForge trolls are about half of the volume of NewsForge trolls. Therefore there are about 3 users of SourceForge. A recent article put Slashdot at about 80 percent of the "virgin geeks" market. Therefore there are (13+6+3)*4E82/y = 66,000 Slashdot loners. This is consistent with the number of Slashdot trolls. Due to the troubles of CmdrTaco, limp dick and so on, Slashdot went out of business and was taken over by OSDN who offer webpages to the homeless. Now OSDN is also dead, its corpse turned over to yet another house of prostitution. All major surveys show that Slashdot has steadily declined in market share. Slashdot is very sick and its long term survival prospects are very dim. If Slashdot is to survive at all it will be among old trolls and flaming hot taco eaters. Slashdot continues to decay. Nothing short of a miracle could save it at this point in time. For all practical purposes, Slashdot is dead. Fact: Slashdot is dying
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