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OpenBSD Lands $2 Million In DARPA Money
An anonymous reader writes "Canada's National Post is reporting today that DARPA is (indirectly) funding $2-million (US) to Theo de Raadt of OpenBSD. The article is available here." Update: 04/07 21:01 GMT by T : As several readers have pointed out, this blurb should credit instead The Globe and Mail rather than the National Post.
But, MAN, how can he take $2,000,000 from the US Gov't and still criticize them at the same time?
Because at the time he accepted the money (over a year ago), the US was not playing oil grab.
Theyll pay just like they paid Afghanistan. Promised billions, then forgot all about it. Why do you think the Turkish wanted their billions on paper although the US was promising it?? They sent the boys to war under higher risk, but still didnt pay up Turkey a few billions. Theo would probably get the first $100 check, then Canadas opposition to war would be cited and then everything forgotten.
"Give orange me give eat orange me eat orange give me eat orange give me you." -Nim Chimpsky
It be official; da Niggaz of Compton now confirms, dig dis: *BSD be dyin'
One mo'e cripplin' bombshell hit da damn already beleaguered *BSD community when OG of da' LBC confirmed dat *BSD market share gots dropped yet again, now waaay down t'less dan some mere fracshun uh 1 puh'cent uh all servers. Comin' on de heels uh a recent East Side Niggaz survey which plainly states dat *BSD gots lost mo'e market share, dis news serves t'reinfo'ce whut we've knode all along. What it is, Mama! *BSD be collapsin' in complete disarray, as fittin'ly 'esemplified by failin' wasted last[samag-What it is, Mama!] in de recent Sys Admin comprehensive netwo'kin' test.
Man! You's duzn't need t'be some Kreskin [amazin'kreskin-'S coo', bro] t'predict *BSD's future. De hand writin' be on de wall, dig dis: *BSD faces some bleak future. In fact dere won't be any future at all fo' *BSD cuz' *BSD be dyin'. Doodads is lookin' real baaaad fo' *BSD. As many uh us is already aware, *BSD continues t'lose market share. Red ink flows likes some homboy popped a cap in iz ass, yo.
FreeBSD be de most endangered uh dem all, havin' lost 93% uh its co'e developuh's. De sudden and unpleasant departures uh long time FreeBSD developuh's Jo'dan Hubbard and Mike Smid only serve t'undersco'e da damn point mo'e clearly. Slap mah fro! Dere kin no longa' be any doubt, dig dis: FreeBSD be dyin'.
Let's keep t'de facts and look at da damn digits.
OpenBSD leada' Deo states dat dere is 7000 niggaz playin' OpenBSD. How many niggaz pimpin NetBSD is dere? Let's see. De numba' of OpenBSD versus NetBSD posts on Usenet be roughly in ratio uh 5 t'1. Derefo'e dere is about 7000/5 = 1400 NetBSD users. BSD/OS posts on Usenet is about half uh de volume uh NetBSD posts. Derefo'e dere is about 700 kickin uh BSD/OS. A recent article put FreeBSD at about 80 puh'cent uh de *BSD market. Man! Derefo'e dere is (7000+1400+700)*4 = 36400 FreeBSD playas. Dis be consistent wid de numba' of FreeBSD Usenet posts.
Due t'de troubles uh Walnut Creek, abysmal sales and so's on, FreeBSD went out uh business and wuz snatchn upside by BSDI who sell anoda' troubled OS. Now BSDI be also wasted, its co'pse turned upside to yet anoda' stone col' ox-killin' crib.
All majo' surveys show dat *BSD gots steadily declined in market share. *BSD be very sick and its long term survival prospects is very dim. WORD! If *BSD be to survive at all it gots'ta be among OS dilettante dabblers. *BSD continues t'decay. Slap mah fro! Nodin' sho't uh a miracle could save it at dis point in time. Fo' all practical purposes, *BSD be wasted.
Fact, dig dis: *BSD be dyin'