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> So why don't we use BSD everywhere, or Linux everywhere? There's no single reason -- it's many reasons -- and it's serious engineering time to document them a
by porker 9y ago
> So why don't we use BSD everywhere, or Linux everywhere? There's no single reason -- it's many reasons -- and it's serious engineering time to document them all and do the topic justice. I'd like to, but I don't have that time right now.
If you ever have the time, that would be an awesome read. I find the differences between operating systems fascinating, and rarely done justice as people overlook the subtleties for a "Just use <<insert favourite tribe>>" approach.
- brendangregg 9y agoPart of the problem is that to do it justice, I need to get input from at least several other engineers and managers here. The choice of an OS is a big topic, and in the cloud it spans multiple teams (the Perf & OS team have the expertise and time to dig deep, but the choice also affects and needs input from the tools team, the platform security team, network engineering team, developers, etc.).
- 4ad 9y agoI would be interested in such an in depth write up.
- X86BSD 9y agoSo would I, but I believe as he states it would be a monumental task across multiple disciplines and would that effort be worth it for probably a very small audience of nerds? :)
- _-david-_ 9y agoWould it be possible to recommend it for a future Netflix tech blog?