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First, keep in mind that BSD is an operating system in the same way that Latin is a language: they each live on only in their descendants. Latin became French,
by tquai 14y ago
First, keep in mind that BSD is an operating system in the same way that Latin is a language: they each live on only in their descendants. Latin became French, Spanish, Italian, and a few others, and BSD became NetBSD, FreeBSD, OpenBSD, and Dragonfly BSD. There are different pros and cons to using a BSD operating system, depending on which one you choose. But the common themes are increased security and stability.
For a better answer, the websites of the 4 BSD projects give details on their focuses and strengths.
- yawaramin 14y agoActually, I'd say English claims the title of being the truest descendant of Latin. English not only directly uses descendants of Latin vocabulary, it also uses plenty of words from the other Latin descendants. It's kind of like a C++ diamond inheritance pattern.
- tquai 14y agoEnglish actually comes from West Germanic (not Latin). But you're right; there are lots of shared words between Latin and English, and this is mostly due to the historical relationship between England and France.
- jfb 14y agoI like this analogy. OS X is therefore like English; an utterly alien world, colonized by a descendent of the original.