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Subject: Re: Why Clang
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>> Second, FreeBSD is not a commercial company, and while this argument may 
>> have a merit
>> for commercial sponsors of FreeBSD, it has zero bearing on FreeBSD itself.
>
> You seem to be unaware of what percentage of the development and maintenance 
> staff and the money to pay for them comes from those commercial users. If 
> FreeBSD cannot maintain the critical mass to continue, it will not continue.

but why it isn't clearly stated:

"We put clang because sponsors wanted it."