Linked by Thom Holwerda on Fri 12th May 2006 20:31 UTC, submitted by Joel Dahl
Linux may soon have a stronger open-source competitor on the desktop if FreeBSD's plans come to fruition. FreeBSD developer Scott Long told ZDNet UK on Thursday that the operating system, descended from the Unix derivative BSD, is "quickly approaching" feature parity with Linux. "Lots of work is going on to make FreeBSD more friendly on the desktop," Long said. "Within the year, we expect to have, or be near, parity with Linux."
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2006-05-13
No one was bashing Linux, the people who were talking about the reasons for Linux's success were simply trying to combat the constant misconception that BSD's "failed" because of their liberal licensing, which for some reason appears about 3 times in any BSD article, or someone makes some ridiculous statement against the man, saying that code was "stolen," or that BSDL and Public Domain are "unfree," which is also ludicrious.
Why do you tell other people to "get a life," and that "a lot of complete nonsense I've read," I think it is clear who is getting carried away here. Funny it was you who made the claim that FreeBSD will never succeed in the desktop market. I'm sorry, but that matter is up to the developers. You may in fact be right, but your statement sounds like agression taken in defense, as if you were hiding your real opinions but only revealed them when you percieved a threat. Calm down, ok?
Edited 2006-05-13 13:31