Date: Mon, 15 Dec 2008 16:11:13 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Why FreeBSD not popular on hardware vendors Message-ID: <20081215231113.GB61220@kokopelli.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4946D8A7.9050507@brianwhalen.net> References: <20081207093713.O5433@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081211203121.L1372@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <20081211195504.GA15968@kokopelli.hydra> <200812111447.15299.perlcat@alltel.net> <1229218767.18610.39.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081215022131.GB5527@kokopelli.hydra> <1229336056.1647.23.camel@laptop2.herveybayaustralia.com.au> <20081215201201.GA60187@kokopelli.hydra> <4946D8A7.9050507@brianwhalen.net>
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--aM3YZ0Iwxop3KEKx Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Mon, Dec 15, 2008 at 02:22:31PM -0800, Brian Whalen wrote: > Chad Perrin wrote: > > > >Tell that to the uncountable hordes of dedicated Linux users who don't > >know what they're missing and, as such, see no reason to even give > >FreeBSD a try. > > =20 > Many Linux people I know still think FreeBSD SMP sucks, that combined=20 > with a lack of journaling filesystem on BSD gives the Linux folks a=20 > small edge. I know ZFS is out there, but nor for that long yet on FreeBS= D. Many Linux people I know don't know about FreeBSD SMP and filesystem matters -- or much of anything else about it, for that matter. Some even think FreeBSD is a Linux distribution. --=20 Chad Perrin [ content licensed OWL: http://owl.apotheon.org ] Quoth Jon Postel, RFC 761: "[B]e conservative in what you do, be liberal in what you accept from others." --aM3YZ0Iwxop3KEKx Content-Type: application/pgp-signature Content-Disposition: inline -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.9 (FreeBSD) iEYEARECAAYFAklG5BEACgkQ9mn/Pj01uKULhQCfcMNqM3/831NKamMU9X7DbKsy dpsAn0UTQni3Oa5edwLkpT7p7l51BfC2 =MR5Y -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --aM3YZ0Iwxop3KEKx--
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