Date: Sun, 28 Feb 2010 17:06:21 -0800 From: Charlie Kester <corky1951@comcast.net> To: freebsd-chat@freebsd.org Subject: Re: FreeBSD Popularity Message-ID: <20100301010620.GB2894@comcast.net> In-Reply-To: <201003010026.RAA21457@lariat.net> References: <4B8ABAB3.1060003@gamozo.org> <20100228185353.GA4307@apollo.podro.com> <201003010026.RAA21457@lariat.net>
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On Sun 28 Feb 2010 at 16:26:46 PST Brett Glass wrote: >At 11:53 AM 2/28/2010, Jamie wrote: > >> In BSD (DragonflyBSD,FreeBSD,OpenBSD) there is a real attitude >> problem, the idea seems to be "GNU sucks and you should use BSD >> alternatives". > >The problem is with the licensing. Those of us who are professional >developers and develop commercial software cannot safely inspect >GPLed code for legal reasons. This is why I and many other developers >favor a completely BSD-licensed solution. No, it's more than the GPL licensing, although that's bad enough. GNU software is often bloated. Way too many commandline switches (using an overly verbose syntax). Feature creep everywhere, not just on the commandline. It runs counter to the basic Unix philosophy of small, cooperating programs, each doing one thing and doing it well. If you don't understand that there's an aesthetic aspect to Unix, you'll miss what a lot of people are complaining about with GNUish stuff.
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