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BSDi Is Livin' On The Edge!
Again, from Daily Daemon News, it looks like the Japanese ISP, Livin' On The Edge has infused BSDi with a 5 million dollar strategic investment to keep developing the iExtreme line of servers and provide backing to the FreeBSD project. The actual press release is here.
Why is that every time BSD is mentioned on the frontpage, we end up with a bunch of linux kids storming in and screaming that BSD is terrible and evil? You know, I have an idea - just use what you want, and perhaps if you ever actually get around to using BSD you'll find that not only is it a nicer environment to work in, but it's also a nicer environment to get involved in the development of. When I have some spare time, I'm hoping to start being able to make contribs to the source, but from hanging around the freebsd lists it looks like there are a nice bunch of people out there.
Anyway, before storming in and complaining about how terrible BSD is, perhaps you should use it and try and offer constructive criticism, as BSD users generally do when they are faced with a bombardment of Linux users.
In some ways, this feels a bit like the old Amiga 500 vs. Atari ST wars. Neither side would admit that it's just cool to be able to have some reasonable processing power in your home for less than £400, they just wanted to undermine the other side. I get the feeling that the FreeBSD crowd are fitting into the under-dog Atari ST niche where their solution isn't as popular, but is better in some areas than anything else around. For the ST it was sound (they're still in use today in a lot of studios), and for FreeBSD it's stable, clean server and workstation work.
*sigh*