Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2020 01:00:58 +0100 From: Ralf Mardorf <ralf.mardorf@rocketmail.com> To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Technological advantages over Linux Message-ID: <20200216010058.73f83086@archlinux> In-Reply-To: <20200215232931.5a9132b2e83daa2d0a06dac8@sohara.org> 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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On Sat, 15 Feb 2020 23:29:31 +0000, Steve O'Hara-Smith wrote: >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. The "blue screen" I often see, when I take a look at the displays used by public service vehicles, lead to Windows as the used embedded operating system. Apart from this a friend has got some inside regarding specialized embedded systems. There at least was a tendency to migrate from BSD or Linux to Windows. Seriously, when I use the public bus to go to work, I often see a blue screen and some output of error messages, with paths using backslashes.
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