From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jul 18 19:44:17 2011 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 2692A1065670 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:44:17 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from Ggatten@waddell.com) Received: from mailhost1.waddell.com (mailhost1.waddell.com [67.130.252.46]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9E9968FC12 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:44:16 +0000 (UTC) Received: from emlpfilt4.waddell.com (mailhost.waddell.com [10.1.10.26]) by mailhost1.waddell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id 0C74150D3B for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:44:16 -0500 (CDT) Received: from emlpfilt4.waddell.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by localhost (Postfix) with SMTP id F07DD578823 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:44:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from ADVPHTCAS0.wradvisors.com (advphtcas0.wradvisors.com [192.168.203.228]) by emlpfilt4.waddell.com (Postfix) with ESMTP id EBC43578821 for ; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:44:15 -0500 (CDT) Received: from WADPMBXV0.waddell.com ([169.254.1.133]) by ADVPHTCAS0.wradvisors.com ([192.168.203.228]) with mapi; Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:44:15 -0500 From: Gary Gatten To: "freebsd-questions@freebsd.org" Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 14:44:15 -0500 Thread-Topic: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore Thread-Index: AcxFgKVALePxahzNTgmE5kxKPzH2vwAAHKyw Message-ID: <13800_1311018255_4E248D0F_13800_81_1_D9B37353831173459FDAA836D3B43499C521864F@WADPMBXV0.waddell.com> References: <20110717071059.25971662@scorpio> <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> In-Reply-To: <1311017168.44397.YahooMailRC@web36508.mail.mud.yahoo.com> Accept-Language: en-US Content-Language: en-US X-MS-Has-Attach: X-MS-TNEF-Correlator: acceptlanguage: en-US Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable MIME-Version: 1.0 Subject: RE: Lennart Poettering: BSD Isn't Relevant Anymore X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Mon, 18 Jul 2011 19:44:17 -0000 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
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