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FreeBSD 5.2.1 On SPARC64
JigSaw writes "FreeBSD has a solid reputation in terms of features and performance on x86, powering sites from Hotmail to Yahoo, yet it doesn't tend to be the first (or even second) OS that comes to mind with many people when thinking of Solaris alternatives for the SPARC platform. Tony Bourke tests FreeBSD 5.2.1 on his SPARC machine."
because as we all know *BSD is DYING
propz to GNAA!
*BSD is so DEAD, I managed to get both first and second post!
LORF, I love the Gay Nigger Association of America.
-JesuitX
Monolythic kernel
OK great, so we know right off the bat that you don't know what you're talking about.
Now some of your other points may be valid, but I disagree that BSD is dead. You have to define what it means for a software project to be dead, but it is still being actively worked on and has a userbase. So I say it isn't dead.
It has fallen on hard times though. The latest development cycle is years overdue and is still terribly unstable so it is likely to be at least another 6-12 months. When it is released as stable, it is not even clear that it will match the performance of the old Linux 2.4 kernel in key areas like networking throughput and SMP scalability.
FreeBSD is no longer widely acknowledged to be at or close to the pinnacle of free software technology. Even most of its developers don't try to make these claims anymore.
The sole reason for this, that I can see, is that FreeBSD has too many chiefs. To make matters worse, the chiefs are actively kicking the indians out. When they are not pushing away their developers and alienating their user base, these "chiefs" sit around patting each other on the back, whining about how crap Linux is, and how many operating systems are using their TCP/IP stack, and presumably smoking the wacky^Wpeace pipe. Anyway, they certainly don't do any coding.