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This old thread has former Y! folks chiming in as to why. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10558288 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10558288 > I thin

This old thread has former Y! folks chiming in as to why. https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10558288 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=10558288 > I think the justifications were better support for running on Linux (storage drivers, Java, MySQL, oracle), better support for virtualization (although bsd jails are better than virtualization in my opinion, and a better fit for Y!), and it would be easier to support one os instead of two and acquisitions (including inktomi) really wanted to run on Linux.

znpy 3y ago
Interesting, from that links i see some replies like this: > Also, the FreeBSD license was more relaxed and commercial products (like NetAPP) could include and extend FreeBSD without disclosing their modifications. and then (same comment): > Our frustration with lack of support for FreeBSD moved us to choose Linux and Windows I think these two things are strongly correlated: the bsd license allow companies to avoid contributing back improvements, and this prevents the main FreeBSD codebase from getting better. I think that in the long run this is detrimental to projects.