I like the solidity of openbsd, but I'll defend linux here in two ways. First, the gpl2 license. There was a time when linux was way way ahead in terms of funct

I like the solidity of openbsd, but I'll defend linux here in two ways. First, the gpl2 license. There was a time when linux was way way ahead in terms of functionality, and in my estimation it was due to the copyleft licensing. It opened a floodgate of pent up demand to establish an open platform on which companies could standardize. Some have said that linux's success was an accident of timing, as the bsd's were hampered by lawsuits at the time, but to my mind the lawsuits made copyleft that much more attractive. Second, the incredible flexibility of linux allows it to work in so many wildly different applications. It's a monolithic design, but it's so flexible you don't need to worry about it; it can be as narrow or as broad as you want it to be.