top | item 21445863 (no title) h1d | 6 years ago > I really worry about a world where all the servers run Linux.As long as BSD stays with BSD license, it won't happen. discuss order hn newest rhinoceraptor|6 years ago Why would that matter for end users?Users really only care about cost of ownership, ease of use, support, etc. which is to say, they want to use what everyone else is using. h1d|6 years ago Who said about end users?Many embedded systems and such use BSD because they don't have to release their changes as open source, which pretty much forbids their use of Linux.If you meant by "servers" such on clouds, maybe it's already Linux only.
rhinoceraptor|6 years ago Why would that matter for end users?Users really only care about cost of ownership, ease of use, support, etc. which is to say, they want to use what everyone else is using. h1d|6 years ago Who said about end users?Many embedded systems and such use BSD because they don't have to release their changes as open source, which pretty much forbids their use of Linux.If you meant by "servers" such on clouds, maybe it's already Linux only.
h1d|6 years ago Who said about end users?Many embedded systems and such use BSD because they don't have to release their changes as open source, which pretty much forbids their use of Linux.If you meant by "servers" such on clouds, maybe it's already Linux only.
rhinoceraptor|6 years ago
Users really only care about cost of ownership, ease of use, support, etc. which is to say, they want to use what everyone else is using.
h1d|6 years ago
Many embedded systems and such use BSD because they don't have to release their changes as open source, which pretty much forbids their use of Linux.
If you meant by "servers" such on clouds, maybe it's already Linux only.