Strategic Thinking (was: Re: Speculative: Rust for base system components)

[Wojciech Puchar]

>>> A) FreeBSD needs to become a platform that can host current and
>>> evolving virtualization technologies.
>>>
>>> B) FreeBSD should be able to play in the container space similarly to
>>> Linux. Unfortunately I believe that this horse has left the barn and it
>>> may be too late. Then again maybe there is something we can redeem.
>>
>> C) Make FreeBSD like others. So why making FreeBSD?
>
> Because we offer some technologies the others do not. Unfortunately
> inferior and incompatible approaches (similarly: VHS vs BETA, Blue Ray
> vs HD) have left us on the outside. Try porting Kubernetes to FreeBSD.
no need to.

>
> The technologies used today are more than just fads. They are building
> blocks onto which future technologies will be built.
>
and this is really sad.

>>
>> Not everyone needs the same.
>
> Niche. We should be more than simply a desktop O/S (which BTW I use as
> my primary desktop) and we should be more than a simple bare metal O/S.

Simple bare metal O/S is what is really needed.