Linux kernel compatability

[Daniel Eischen]

On Thu, 6 Jan 2011, Andrey Chernov wrote:

> On Wed, Jan 05, 2011 at 05:17:21PM -0700, Scott Long wrote:
>>> We have not been marginalized in this space because we have an 
>>> emulator. We just don't have the marketshare in many areas.  If 
>>> anything, these emulators improve our marketshare.
>>
>> I agree entirely.  Companies look at marketshare and ability to turn 
>> more revenue than costs (i.e. profit).  Like Jeff, I've had my share 
>> of dealing with companies who have made a conscious to support or not 
>> support FreeBSD based on those factors.  Petitions and letters sound 
>> great on Slashdot, but don't work in the real world.  Emulation 
>> increases marketshare.
>
> Emulation decreases our marketshare, presenting us like
> not-so-good-but-trying Linux clone, so, for this reason alone, every
> serious company will put its money on Linux product running on real Linux
> instead of thinking about porting it into FreeBSD.

Has anyone asked, instead of putting Linux shims into FreeBSD,
why aren't FreeBSD shims put into Linux?  If the FreeBSD ABI/KPI
is supposedly more stable than Linux, then wouldn't it make
more sense to do it that way?

And I suppose part of the answer to that question is, it would
not be acceptible to the Linux folks.

-- 
DE