Date: Mon, 17 Feb 2020 11:01:06 -0500 From: Lowell Gilbert <freebsd-questions-local@be-well.ilk.org> To: Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> Subject: Re: Technological advantages over Linux Message-ID: <44y2t1td8d.fsf@be-well.ilk.org> In-Reply-To: <20200215232931.5a9132b2e83daa2d0a06dac8@sohara.org> (Steve O'Hara-Smith's message of "Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:29:31 %2B0000") References: <20200214121620.GA80657@admin.sibptus.ru> <CAHieY7Ss0SftTD6S%2Bk2OkX-PinTwzEXGQwz1twmwZ5ZMndpc%2Bg@mail.gmail.com> <1848571509.3253011.1581719423989@mail.yahoo.com> <20200215195303.464e585a.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200215202033.6c856b8f7639b304d96e68ce@sohara.org> <20200215215825.5d3c9a1a@archlinux> <20200215211542.e8cc2827fc4664ea4bcad918@sohara.org> <20200215223449.355a9ac9@archlinux> <20200215223649.40196f37@archlinux> <20200215232623.7995b06e@archlinux> <20200215235822.f804ffc6.freebsd@edvax.de> <20200215232931.5a9132b2e83daa2d0a06dac8@sohara.org>
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Steve O'Hara-Smith <steve@sohara.org> writes: > On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:58:22 +0100 > Polytropon <freebsd@edvax.de> wrote: > >> And all of them connect to the Internet, using a device that >> internally uses a BSD or a Linux, and the bowels of the Internet >> consist primarily of BSD and Linux. Add "Linux-like things" to >> the mix, like Android smartphones, or "BSD-like things" like >> Macs, and numbers might look a little different. > > The late Morten Reistad used to post (in alt.folklore.computers) > about the numbers of processors with memory management being made and > comparing that with Windows licenses, Apple and Android phone production > numbers. Windows, MacOs and commercial unix licenses only account for a > small fraction of the CPUs made - most of them have to be running something > else Linux (Android, routers, TVs, cars ...), BSD (routers and who knows > what else) and Mach (iThingies) being the obvious available kernels. Back then, having memory management implied having virtual memory. These days, some fairly low-end CPUs have MMUs. Furthermore, memory management is very useful for implementing process privileges, even on an OS that does not use virtual memory; again, something that wasn't relevant back in the day.
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