Thanks for that wonderful opinion Theo, and let me just briefly explain something. If there's a problem with Linux, the developers do step back and look at it if people are actively bitching about it.
Sour grapes? Maybe. Linux is immensely more popular than all of the open source BSD versions.Linux didn't get support from big hardware makers previously. It only started gaining ground in the past four years. And about turning Linux hackers into an unpaid workforce? That's bullshit. These people volunteer to work on the code. They can decide to say, "Screw this, I'm moving on to other things", and while some people do that, others do not. It's all about choice.
De Raadt says that's partly because Linux gets support from big hardware makers like Hewlett-Packard and IBM, which he says have turned Linux hackers into an unpaid workforce.
Another great quote from that article...
Lok Technologies, a San Jose, Calif.-based maker of networking gear, started out using Linux in its equipment but switched to OpenBSD four years ago after company founder Simon Lok, who holds a doctorate in computer science, took a close look at the Linux source code.That actually inspires a lot of confidence. It shows that the developers don't think of themselves as the gods of programming. They don't act cocky and will ask questions if unsure. I'd rather have someone like that vs. a programmer who thinks they're the best in the world and who thinks they know it all.
"You know what I found? Right in the kernel, in the heart of the operating system, I found a developer's comment that said, 'Does this belong here?' "Lok says. "What kind of confidence does that inspire? Right then I knew it was time to switch."
Anyway, that's my rant on these punks :P
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