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FreeBSD, Stealthy Open Source Project

Posted by michael on from the can't-get-no-respect dept.

zam4ever writes "Sean Michael Kerner has written an article on how FreeBSD has become a Stealth-Growth Open Source Project with various reasons outlined for FreeBSD's growth over the last years."

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  1. Somebody's on a role here... by Sneeka2 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Woah, 3 devils on the main page (for me at least), all posted within a few minutes. Is BSD dying faster today or are they simply on Speed?

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  2. Ken Brown: Don't Read This Without Assistance by corporatemutantninja · · Score: 5, Funny

    Uh oh. I read the sentence "Linux actually inherits a lot of BSD code" and immdiately thought of Ken Brown. Ken, if you're reading this (or having it translated into a version using only monosyllabic words) be advised that the preceding quote refers to GNU/Linux, not the Linux kernel that Linux wrote in a year.

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    1. Re:Ken Brown: Don't Read This Without Assistance by corporatemutantninja · · Score: 4, Funny

      Why does everyone always mod me up to "funny"? Goddammit, I'm trying to make a point here.

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  3. FreeBSD is Undead by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    It is now official. FreeBSD is Undead.

    It has long been argued that FreeBSD is dead, but now new evidence is coming to light that it has been resurrected, and like a zombie process is lurching across the Unix landscape once again.

    Recent growth in FreeBSD's market share, as reported by Slashdot, is evidence that a Faustian pact with the daemons has been made. Stay tuned for more on this recent development...

    1. Re:FreeBSD is Undead by ObsessiveMathsFreak · · Score: 4, Funny

      Maybe BSD users are like the lurkers on /. and usenet.

      They are millions of them, but they don't talk much.

      Maybe they're....watching us right now!! ......

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    2. Re:FreeBSD is Undead by Big+Nothing · · Score: 4, Funny

      Yes, we are.

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  4. Re:competition with Linux by endx7 · · Score: 4, Funny

    Example: Linux makes a darn good high-traffic web server, but FreeBSD makes an even better one. However, you won't see too many (or any) companies working on porting FreeBSD to wristwatches or big-iron supercomputers like you do with Linux because the FreeBSD kernel doesn't scale well in either direction.

    That's what NetBSD is for. I'm typing this on my NetBSD toaster.