Subject: Re: largest installation
To: None <netbsd-advocacy@netbsd.org>
From: Jan Schaumann <jschauma@netbsd.org>
List: netbsd-advocacy
Date: 05/10/2002 14:08:52
Andy R <quadreverb@yahoo.com> wrote:
> --- Rick Kelly <rmk@toad.rmkhome.com> wrote:
> > Jan Schaumann said:
> > 
> > >I was wondering just where there is the largest
> > installation of NetBSD?

 
> What defines a big machine or a big installation?
> Since NetBSD is mostly single processor, we'd have to
> find the architechture that allows the most memory,
> and then find the subset of that one that has the most
> disk or something. 

Hmm, dunno - I think anything that can find use for a superlative (as in
"oldest, oddest machine running NetBSD", "largest number of machines
running NetBSD", "machine with biggest amount of RAM/Processors" etc.)
would warrant such a tag, no? :)

> It would be cool to know what schools use it,
> companies, entities, etc... We have a little bit of
> that, but not enough!

Well, I just updated the info that I'm responsible for:
http://guinness.cs.stevens-tech.edu/~jschauma/netbsd/

I'd like to see similar pages to compile the information for the gallery
section...

-Jan