RE: FreeBSD Popularity

> Date: Sun=2C 28 Feb 2010 12:49:23 -0600
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> Subject: FreeBSD Popularity
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> Hello there FreeBSD people=2C
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> Why is it that FreeBSD is so far behind Linux in popularity? The fact=20
> that lots of companies are not very supportive of FreeBSD (ex. NVIDIA=20
> and ATI 64-bit drivers) is really starting to bother me. I guess I would=
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> like to have a bit of a discussion of what could be improved to increase=
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> the popularity of FreeBSD=2C as honestly I can do almost everything in=20
> FreeBSD that I can in Linux=2C so why can't FreeBSD thrive as much as=20
> Linux. Is it that it is harder to install/configure? Any opinions/ideas=20
> on this situation?
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> -Brandon Falk
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 I hate to get sort-of obvious as to one of many reasons why "Free"BSD will=
 never be popular on the Desktop/Server for the masses=2C=20

but here goes:=20

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"BSD was Bill Joy=2C initially=2C" says McKusick. "He did the distributions=
 and talked about them and pushed them out.

This was way back in the mid-70's. He also gave BSD its NFS=2C TCP/IP code=
=2C "vi"=2C ...

 For you younger folk=2C Bill Joy later beame the "Founder" of Sun Microsys=
tems.

If anyone's not sure what Sun was/is=2C then forget the rest of this=2C and=
 just stay with Windows.

=3B)
 ...=2C and how much BSD code was in HP/UX=2C as well as=2C ...?

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 All that and even more was way back then.

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Of course even today=2C we all know what MacOSX's kernel is based on too.

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 The "BSD License" made all of that=2C and more possible.

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 Of all of these corporations=2C and many more not mentioned=2C its easy to=
 see that they(the corporate powers that be)

 were NOT promoting us to use FreeBSD "freely"=2C in fact they were/are sel=
ling us their own BSD=2C=20

and their hardware=2C...

 Also=2C any "history of corporate capitalism" will tell you why this is so=
=2C in every facet.=20
Obviously=2C "Big Brother" will never want you to use it without paying.

 This is why Windows=2C MacOSX is the most popular to most people ?

 THEY do not want "Free"BSD popular=2C because comparatively=2C that would =
mean(after you pay for your car)=2C you'd get to drive it for free.

 -in as much as Ford=2C(who apparently has a patent for a "water engine")=
=2C won't/can't let "water" become the "Popular" Fuel for the masses.

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 (Of all the above though=2C Bill Joy's Sun earned the right to do whatever=
 he wanted.)

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 However=2C the commercial afterbirth's produced=2C and sold=2C because of =
FreeBSD make it very popular to "them" and us by design.

(...hence=2C MacOSX=2C ...)

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 Free/Net/OpenBSD  will probably always remain much more "popular" to the r=
eal unix-ish coders(software\hardware developers)=2C

than the average Joe=2C like u=2C and me.

 It's afterall their work=2C with a little help from our feedback=2C that k=
eeps it goin'.


 -> But=2C summarily=2C and because BSD is legally=2C and whatever else MOR=
E "Free" that Linux=2C it will never be more popular than Linux=2C on the D=
esktop/server.

:(
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 In retrospect=2C I admit=2C FreeBSD became more popular to me because I le=
arned how to use it first(before the Linux goldrush)=2C and install it=2C s=
till enjoying the fruits of those labours'.

  =20
 And yes though=2C what I really cannot understand is=2C -Why the heck did =
IBM pick RedFart/GPL*?=2C instead of FreeBSD/BSD Lic. ??? -and that=2C I wo=
uld  luv to understand.!?


cheers.
Rick.

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