Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:44:15 -0500 From: Gary Gatten <Ggatten@waddell.com> To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" <freebsd-questions@freebsd.org> Subject: RE: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore Message-ID: <13800_1311018255_4E248D0F_13800_81_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C521864F@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> In-Reply-To: <1311017168.44397.YahooMailRC@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> References: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> <CAGwOe2YpUXgFx1f_1UWHNt4S=p=X1Soa348KWR9BTrjxF0bAwA@mail.gmail.com> <4E22DFE9.7050007@pathscale.com> <201107172016.30727.lobo@bsd.com.br> <4E23989F.7010701@gmail.com> <4e242fab.s4vpgxxZEUq0LFDq%perryh@pluto.rain.com> <1311017168.44397.YahooMailRC@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com>
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<snip> I've always been curious why "Linux" seemed to take off so fast when other = FOSS / non Winblow$ OS's were available for some time with not much tractio= n; OS/2, BeOS, *nix with X11, etc. Not just on the desktop, but servers as well. "Supported" versions of Linu= x such as RHEL, Suse, etc. seem to have made more headway into the enterpri= se computing environment in the last ten years than *BSD did in the last 30. >From my personal experience - which is relatively limited - it seems applic= ations just work on Linux? When I need to compile an app, it takes a few m= ins on Linux - but may take me a few weeks on FBSD. Granted someone more k= nowledgeable with FBSD, Compilers, etc. could do it much faster than I. Anyway, if someone has a brief explanation of why Linux has apparently triu= mphed (in so far as installed base, desktop penetration, etc.) where so man= y others have failed (including IBM with OS/2) I'd be interested in hearing= those thoughts. TIA Gary <font size=3D"1"> <div style=3D'border:none;border-bottom:double windowtext 2.25pt;padding:0i= n 0in 1.0pt 0in'> </div> "This email is intended to be reviewed by only the intended recipient and may contain information that is privileged and/or confidential. If you are not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any review, use, dissemination, disclosure or copying of this email and its attachments, if any, is strictly prohibited. If you have received this email in error, please immediately notify the sender by return email and delete this email from your system." </font>
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