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> It's very likely a good thing, and part of the reason that Linux is doing well while BSDs have languished. You're mistaken if you believe that.
by Touche 11y ago
> It's very likely a good thing, and part of the reason that Linux is doing well while BSDs have languished.
You're mistaken if you believe that.
- Spivak 11y agoHey, you're not wrong. Linus used the GPLv2 only because it allowed him to get patches back into the kernel. He's neither a fan of the FSF nor the GPLv3 because of their philosophy on software freedom. Linux is by far more popular for developers, tinkerers, and cool software projects but BSD is still massive in the server and embedded devices space.
- belorn 11y agoMassive for servers? https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_systems#Public_servers_on_the_Internet https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Usage_share_of_operating_syste... BSD is a minority in servers, which also reflect my own experience talking with other sysadmins in conferences. Debian and Redhat are huge in the server market, outside of windows shops. Some older system might have novel or a BSD system running together with massive amount of legacy perl scripts, but those companies also complain that they have a hard time finding new employees that can support the old systems.