From owner-freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jan 17 21:10:59 2012 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 330CE1065670 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:10:59 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from utisoft@gmail.com) Received: from mail-iy0-f182.google.com (mail-iy0-f182.google.com [209.85.210.182]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id ED7DD8FC16 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:10:58 +0000 (UTC) Received: by iagz16 with SMTP id z16so8767038iag.13 for ; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:10:58 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:sender:in-reply-to:references:from:date :x-google-sender-auth:message-id:subject:to:cc:content-type; bh=1wz1HTwq9E73OiHH6XvG9FjuDRp7ocrKbHVoFtoHqHI=; b=tatVGfdn0TVdys7mGsnKEM6e9opn7EONFUm1Tb4tJVU+Oi1QLyHoxTkeVrTIpF/mCD lwgECVAim5/w30/u4NUZtMUQE6ZrUKmEYSQLgeGMbCJ2BQt0K7+NpwznmGP/WsCkSF0h 9C778KoqXh4wFa4ECV8kxrhcVJxz+KTW+M5yI= Received: by 10.42.142.129 with SMTP id s1mr15196025icu.42.1326834658349; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:10:58 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Sender: utisoft@gmail.com Received: by 10.231.207.7 with HTTP; Tue, 17 Jan 2012 13:10:26 -0800 (PST) In-Reply-To: References: <1326756727.23485.10.camel@Arawn> <4F14BAA7.9070707@freebsd.org> <20120117010239.GA29529@richh-imac.office.boxdice.com.au> From: Chris Rees Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:10:26 +0000 X-Google-Sender-Auth: _gE-xj3ezfZ1ZwuoaC9bw0FgONo Message-ID: To: Atom Smasher Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity, and lifecycle X-BeenThere: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: Technical Discussions relating to FreeBSD List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 17 Jan 2012 21:10:59 -0000 On 17 January 2012 20:30, Atom Smasher wrote: > On Tue, 17 Jan 2012, Chris Rees wrote: > >> > what percentage of linux devs are on salary to develop linux? >> > >> >> You're not comparing like with like. >> >> Linux is not an OS; FreeBSD is. >> >> Are you talking about Linux? Debian? Red Hat? > > ================ > > linux is, in fact, an operating system. > > debian, red hat, ubuntu, gentoo, etc are distributions of that OS. No. Linux is, in fact, not an operating system. It is a kernel. You can't compare a *project* with a kernel. You could compare a *distribution* with a project, hence my email. Chris