Why OpenBSD's Release Process Works

An anonymous reader writes "Twelve years ago OpenBSD developers started engineering a release process that has resulted in quality software being delivered on a consistent 6 month schedule — 25 times in a row, exactly on the date promised, and with no critical bugs. This on-time delivery process is very different from how corporations manage their product releases and much more in tune with how volunteer driven communities are supposed to function. Theo de Raadt explains in this presentation how the OpenBSD release process is managed (video) and why it has been such a success."

Comments

Re:No Bearded GNU Freaks Why BSD Is So Good

[Hatta]

No foaming at the mouth tantrums that someone is using your code and not kissing your fat ugly ass in reverence.

Oh, really?

Re:Netcraft confims: *BSD is Dying

[Auxis]

I did a quick google and found an 8 year old /. article saying how BSD is dying. If it's dying, how long is it going to take to finally kick the bucket?

Re:Netcraft confims: *BSD is Dying

[trytoguess]

Well, Windows has been dying for much longer, so who knows?

Re:Netcraft confims: *BSD is Dying

[Anne Thwacks]

If it's dying, how long is it going to take to finally kick the bucket?

The most reliable estimate to date is

(remaining life of BSD) = (expected total life of Microsoft) * 2 years.