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Comparing Linux and BSD, Diplomatically

Posted by timothy on from the famous-diplomat-linus-torvalds dept.

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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  1. Good quote... by coop0030 · · Score: 5, Interesting
    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.