OT: FreeBSD vows to compete with desktop Linux

[Craig McLean]

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Christofer C. Bell wrote:
> On 5/15/06, taharka <res00vl8 at alltel.net> wrote:
>> Linux may soon have a stronger open-source competitor on the desktop if
>> FreeBSD's plans come to fruition.
> 
> Completely wishful thinking.  I'm sure they're excited about their
> product over there in FreeBSD-land, but there is no way they're ever
> going to catch up to the marketshare Linux has no matter how feature
> rich they are.

I'm on FC5 for my laptop, FBSD on everything else. Personally, I think a
little open-source competition will be the best thing that's happened to
Linux in a long time. Plus, the Linux community can simply rip off any
code they like under the BSD license ;-)

> I think it's sad, really.  BSD was good stuff back in the day.  It's
> still good, but it's like comparing the current Windows + Mac OS
> market to the current OS/9 market.  It's simply not possible for
> FreeBSD to catch up.

People are saying the same thing about Linux vs Microsoft/MacOS. And
FreeBSD still is good stuff, it just depends what you want to do with
it. Horses for courses, as they say.

C.
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