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Some of them go to varying lengths to avoid publicizing their use of FreeBSD Why?

• cperciva 14y ago
  Usually it's a matter of keeping secrets from their competitors. If you know that a device due to be released next year will be running FreeBSD, it could help you figure out what components are going to be in it, for example (probably parts which FreeBSD can already run on), which might tell you something about its performance.
  • BadDesign 14y ago
    Innovation through obscurity.
    • cperciva 14y ago
      Alas, there's more to commercial success than mere innovation.
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