People forget that Linux is the dominant kernel/os because it dominates nearly every market that isn't the desktop People also forget that Linux came to pr

People forget that Linux is the dominant kernel/os because it dominates nearly every market that isn't the desktop People also forget that Linux came to prominence once backed by corporations having and a (valid, IMHO) agenda to not be controlled by Microsoft. The severe OEM and license agreements negotiated in the late 80's and 90's certainly motivated R&D into alternatives. And people forget that there are other very popular markets[0] using other toolsets[1]. So, when you say: here on hacker news the culture is really more corporate than hacker. It seems to create a paradox. 0 - http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/16/sony_playstation_4_kernel/ http://www.theregister.co.uk/2013/11/16/sony_playstation_4_k... 1 - https://wiki.freebsd.org/Myths https://wiki.freebsd.org/Myths