Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2007 22:31:37 -0800 From: perryh@pluto.rain.com To: jerrymc@msu.edu Cc: coolzone@io.dk, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, speedtoys.racing@gmail.com Subject: Re: is THIS why the 6.2 release seems stalled ? Message-ID: <45a5d9c9.jJmad7eY0Nskstdt%perryh@pluto.rain.com> In-Reply-To: <20070110154651.GB97702@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> References: <45A2805E.7060000@ccstores.com> <20070109222558.GA75695@xor.obsecurity.org> <ef10de9a0701091508k7f1775f7h4c2cdc8c7498e7fc@mail.gmail.com> <20070110003730.GA94711@gizmo.acns.msu.edu> <ef10de9a0701092201x22bc17f2p4434eab0dda58c63@mail.gmail.com> <20070110073106.89d726a8.coolzone@io.dk> <a969fbd10701092259w5a44f552k90e434d6cf85e6db@mail.gmail.com> <20070110154651.GB97702@gizmo.acns.msu.edu>
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Jerry McAllister <msu.edu!jerrymc@agora.rdrop.com> wrote: > On Tue, Jan 09, 2007 at 10:59:20PM -0800, Jeff Mohler wrote: > > > Not all of us can program..but let me ask this question. > > > > Linux is all volunteer, how did it get so far ahead? > > It isn't. People in the know like FreeBSD as a server which > is where it is mostly targeted - to the professional environment > as apposed to being a playtop. Linux sure isn't all volunteer*, but it is certainly ahead in terms of available commercial applications, else why would anyone have gone to the trouble of building FreeBSD's Linux API support? * Until Red Hat went to 'EL, all of their technical folks were working full-time on free Linux. It's now less than 100% -- some effort goes into their payware versions -- but still considerably more than 0% last I heard. Then we have Novell supporting SuSE, IBM supporting Yellow Dog, Intel and IBM supporting OSDL (which employs Linus himself, among others), and that's probably not a complete list of even the major commercial players. On the BSD side, we have Apple (Darwin); and maybe a few others although none come to mind immediately. So why is Linux ahead in commercial support? I'm sure I don't have a clue as to most of the factors, but the fact that Linux has somehow managed to avoid schisms in its kernel development can't help but be an advantage.
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