NetBSD Celebrates Its 10th Anniversary

jschauma writes "This week marks the tenth anniversary of the beginning of development of the NetBSD Operating System. The very first commit to the NetBSD source tree (src/Makefile) was by Chris Demetriou on Friday 21 March, 1993. Parties are being held in various cities around the world, see the press release for more details. Happy 10th Birthday, NetBSD!"

Comments

Re:That's a good question...

[grub]

I'm waiting on my first set of OpenBSD 3.2 CD's

Owww! Lucky you! Your first virgin install of OpenBSD may take a try or two, but the sheer joy and sanity of the system once you're done will be worth every moment.

Enjoy it, I know I do.

Re:I have a question

[evilviper]

Why then has Linux grown so much popular in the corporate world?

Well, Linux is popular because it is a media darling. I don't have any definate answer as to why that is, but companies hear about Linux so they use it, or invest in it for some media attention of their own.

You might as well ask why Windows is more popular than Mac OS. People get Windows because everyone else has Windows, and because there are more programs for Windows... There are more programs for Windows because everyone uses Windows... It's quite a vicious cycle.

Parent was moded "Funny"?

[/Idiot\]

Dying? We are all dying my son :-)

NetBSD is an excelent OS. Some may prefer Linux, some may perfer NetBSD. Me, I use both!

NetBSD might not be *your* particular brand of vodka on i386/x86 arch, but compare the progress of NetBSD on non-i386 archs to Linux on the same arch and, well, NetBSD is the ONLY real choice to make my uVAX more than just a space-heater!

Dying, definately not. NetBSD is not an example of how great an open source OS can become.

While I am here, a big thanks to all the NetBSD developers, where ever you are!

Re:I have a question

[Quill_28]

OK this will be modded as flamebait but I have the karma.

Ask people why they use Linux over BSD.

1. Better hardware support(true)
2. More software available(true)
3. Everybody else is(media influence)
4. Easier(maybe)

Ask people why they use Windows over Linux

1. Better hardware support(true)
2. More software available(true)
3. Everybody else is(depends)
4. Easier(true)

I have nothing against Linux, Windows, or FreeBSD. I use Linux at work, FreeBSD and Windows at home.

It seems to me the FreeBSD makes a server than Linux, but Linux is a better workstation. Linux is getting much better(server stuff) every year. Alot like Windows is getting much better at server stuff each year.

But in the end I think the media and the early BSD license issue are the big reasons. Also, BSD seems a little more of a closed circle while Linux is a free for all. Maybe developers found it easier to involved with.

These thoughts are fairly random, take them for what they are worth.

Best kept secret

[felix9x]

NetBSD is realy great many admins just love it. The system is rock solid and its not unusual that it woudl be running for years without a reboot. Many admins use it for things like mail, ftp, web servers internaly in companies and no press no hype is generated but the OS keeps on working doing its job.

Re:Elegy for *BSD

[dick johnson]

Died?

Think again.

Try Mac OS X.

It's the biggest selling Unix operating system on the market today (better than four million copies per year)

It's also a BSD unix.

Re:wtf

[TheRaven64]

You seem to be suffering from the Linux myth of 'One OS to rule them all'. There is a lot of code flow between the *BSDs, but they are all different because they all aim at different things.

OpenBSD is highly secure, nothing beats it on routers / firewalls.
NetBSD is ultra-portable, and runs on almost anything.
FreeBSD is what Linux want to be when it grows up. A powerful, yet easy to use, well documented UNIX, which works great on servers (AFAIK it still has the best TCP/IP stack of all the free *NIXes) and workstations (I dual boot FreeBSD and Windows on this machine).

Forks are only bad when they are aiming for the same goal and splitting developer time. When they are aiming for different goals and sharing code when their goals coincide, they are a Good Thing(tm).