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+In the absence of any other mechanism for counting the number of users
+of FreeBSD, we like to kindly suggest that you take a few minutes to please
+register with the counter set up by <Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no>.  
+
+The justification for such "registration" is twofold:  First, we really would
+like to know more about the size and demographics of our user-base in order
+to better support its needs.  Second, it's a sad fact of life that many
+people rely on counters and statistics (even when highly dubious) rather
+than on actual experience when chosing an operating system, and the best we
+can hope to do in such circumstances is to at least try to provide some
+indication of how popular we are (or are not).  This is not how we recommend
+that people go about chosing an operating system, but the necessity of
+such "marketing" remains an undeniable fact.
+
+The FreeBSD team does not necessarily feel that Harald's counter represents
+the best approach to such statistics gathering, and its accuracy can only
+be as good as people's willingness to register with it (and may not reflect
+the actual OS population at any single point in time), but in the total absence
+of any other mechanism for providing such useful statistics, it's certainly a
+start and we thank Harald for his efforts in providing this service.
+It's a community service, and of potential benefit to everyone (all *BSD
+users), so let's see if we can't make it work!
+
+Included below is the standard blurb from the counter.
+
+Thanks in advance,
+
+				The FreeBSD team.
+
+
+How to get registered
+=====================
+
+In brief:
+
+  [To register a running installation of FreeBSD]
+  Send E-mail to bsd-counter@uninett.no with the SUBJECT line
+  
+    "I use FreeBSD at <place>"
+
+Introduction
+============
+The intention of this counting project is to count all users of UNIXes
+that are:
+
+ - BSD-derived
+ - Freely available
+
+The variants NetBSD, 386BSD and FreeBSD are currently distinguished.
+
+(NOTE: Linux is NOT BSD-derived. If you use that, send mail to
+linux-counter@uninett.no instead!!!)
+
+The information is *not* used for any purpose but statistics, and unless
+you request it, information about single persons are *never* made public.
+(A list of users who have requested publication is available from the
+FTP file ftp://aun.uninett.no/pub/misc/386bsd/persons)
+
+How to register
+===============
+Send E-mail to bsd-counter@uninett.no
+
+The subject should be
+
+  I use FreeBSD|NetBSD|386BSD at <place>
+
+Where FreeBSD, NetBSD or 386BSD is the particular variant you're using
+and "place" can be school, work or home, or a combination of these.
+
+You will get back a letter with 3 things:
+
+  - An acknowledgement
+  - A form that you can fill out and send in with more information
+    about yourself, your machine, and your 386bsd-using friends
+  - A report giving the current status of the counter
+
+You can update your "vote" at any time, by sending an E-mail message
+from the same account. Duplicates will be weeded out.
+
+The current report, available by anonymous FTP to aun.uninett.no,
+directory pub/misc/386bsd-counter, file "short", is given below.
+
+For all questions, contact Harald.T.Alvestrand@uninett.no!
+
+$Id: REGISTER.FreeBSD,v 1.2 1994/12/01 13:24:20 jkh Exp $