Linked by Thom Holwerda on Sun 30th Aug 2009 22:28 UTC
It's time for another week in review. This was decidedly the Snow Leopard week, but we also talked a lot about Linux, Psystar, and even SCO resurrected from the dead to continue its litigation about UNIX.
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What you , and your kins don't get is that alone Open Source as never been a be all and working solution in itself. Otherwise it Would have worked with UNIX and BSD.
There are a whole lot more factors to consider than the license. For instance, BSD was the subject-matter of the AT&T vs BSDi lawsuit that set it back for some time. At the same time Linux captured the minds of a growing group of developers. Besides that PR and community attitude also helps. Is Windows the most popular operating system because it has the best license? No, Microsoft knows how to do PR, conduct business, etc. Apple is also a whole lot better at it (with a partially BSD codebase), leaving both Linux and freeish BSDs in the dust (yes, I know that Darwin is also open source software).