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Because there are other operating systems out there too, with their own features making them better choice (or just a preference) for certain tasks over Linux,
by tachion 13y ago
Because there are other operating systems out there too, with their own features making them better choice (or just a preference) for certain tasks over Linux, including FreeBSD, OpenBSD, DragonFlyBSD, SmartOS, Illumos... World doesnt end with Linux, neither starts with it ;)
- nbouscal 13y agoI think the point was that it's not common for someone to switch from running a server on Linux to running a server on something else, and it's even less common for someone to do that without changing the configuration pretty extensively.
- Crito 13y agoChances are that you don't have a mixed fleet for a particular application though. So if you have a bunch of FizzBuzz VMs that you need to bring online, you can safety write shell scripts that work on FreeBSD because you know all FizzBuzz machines will be running FreeBSD. If you've also got your BazQux service that needs a Linux fleet, then for that fleet you create shell scripts that work on Linux. There may be some overlap between things that must be done on both the FizzBuz and BazQux fleets, but that overlap is probably in simple tasks.