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Where Does NetBSD Fit In?

Posted by timothy on from the just-about-anywhere-apparently dept.

NetBSD Fan writes "KernelTrap offers a fascinating summary of the recent 2004 Annual NetBSD Group Meeting. Included is an introduction by NetBSD foundation president Christos Zoulas discussing NetBSD's relevance in light of competition from well known operating systems such as Linux and Windows which he acknowledges 'both offer more features than we do, and they have behind them the resources of very large commercial organizations.' He also talks about FreeBSD, OpenBSD, Solaris and Darwin, ultimately concluding that they all are facing their own serious challenges, and that plenty of opportunities remain for NetBSD. The NetBSD project recently released NetBSD 2.0."

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  1. The Truth by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Listen you Firefox, Linux zealots. One day you're going to wake up from this dream. A dream where you're David, fighting against the Goliath Microsoft and realize it was nothing more than a fantasy. You'll be old, frail and near death, realizing that you've wasted your life fighting a battle that should have never been fought.

    Hell, 90% of you would have never touched a computer had it not been for Microsoft.

    Oh, and that huge burst of Firefox downloads a few months back? Guess what, 80% have switched back to IE.

  2. Re:Obviously by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Jews fit in Hitler's toaster.

  3. Re:runs on old and rare archs by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Give it up. We can all see you drowning from here already. Just admit NetBSD's advantages have been eroded over the years and suck it up.