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Sept 12, 2005 - Usage Survey

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For Immediate Release:

September 12, 2005 -- The BSD Certification Group announced a new survey today - the BSD Usage Survey. This survey aims to collect detailed statistics on how and where BSD systems are used around the world. The survey is short- only 19 questions- and should only take a few minutes to complete. The English version is at: http://surveys.bsdcertification.org/phpESP/public/survey.php?name=survey02

The survey covers usage of the four main BSD projects- FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD and DragonFly BSD. Included are questions on the number of systems in use; what services they provide; how they are managed and by how many administrators; and basic demographic questions about the company or organization- size, location, number of employees, and so forth.

"As part of our marketing research for BSD certification, it became apparent that while many people are aware that many ISPs and companies use BSD operating systems, there aren't any available reports with numbers to back up just how many companies and how many BSD systems are in use," said Dru Lavigne, Chair of the BSD Certification Group.

"This survey will provide the BSD community and the wider IT industry with more specific information on how BSD is in use today," said Jim Brown, BSD Certification Group member.

The survey wil be available in multiple languages as soon as the translations are completed. Check the News page at the BSD Certification Group website: http://www.bsdcertification.org/news.htm for the latest translations.

The Survey is available in the following languages:
English
Italian
Polish
Portuguese

About the BSD Certification Group

The BSD Certification Group is comprised of educators, writers and sysadmins who are well versed in and passionate about BSD systems. The group was formed in January 2005 to create a BSD certification program that is recognized as the industry standard for certifying both the knowledge and the ability to perform administrative tasks on BSD systems. The BSD Certification Group website is at http://www.bsdcertification.org/.





































































































































































































































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