Comparing Linux and BSD, Diplomatically

Joe Barr writes "Talk about a red-button issue. How do you compare Linux and the BSDs and keep the debate from turning into a friendly-fire flame-fest nightmare between bigots on both sides of the line? Linus Torvalds once handled a similar situation by wearing a BSD beanie at USENIX while delivering a Linux talk. Now he tries it again in this interview on NewsForge ."

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Good quote...

[coop0030]

I like this quote from Linux:

In contrast, one of my favorite mantras is "perfect is the enemy of good," and the idea is that "good enough" is actually a lot more flexible than some idealized perfection. The world simply isn't black-and-white, and I recognize a lot of grayness. I often find black-and-white people a bit stupid, truth be told.

I shows a lot about how he thinks. He seems to be more of a realist than I would have thought.

I find Linus's interviews to be very interesting.

I do think that Linux, and Windows seems to be more similar than Linux and BSD, since he keeps commenting that BSD wants everything to be perfect, whereas Linux tends to be all things "good" for everyone.

I would consider Windows to be happy with just being "ok" at all things, and not perfect. Which also works for a lot of people.

Re:Not About To Be Baited

[geomon]

IMHO, the Solaris kernel is simply one of the, the not THE, best kernel currently available.

I don't think even the most hard-core Linux user would dispute that (well, maybe the zealots would).

As I wrote to the other poster who caught my gentle dig, I love Solaris for its stability. The only thing that I admire more about Linux is the open development. Sun cannot compete (for many reasons, mostly commercial) with Linux on that score.