If the BSD become known as Linux, BSD distributions will be millions just like there are on Linux?

[Chad Leigh Shire.Net LLC]

On Mar 12, 2014, at 11:23 AM, dteske at FreeBSD.org wrote:

> 
> But let's take a step back for a moment...
> 
> Apple's Mac OS X is based on BSD and has a wider install base than Linux. So
> in that respect, BSD is already doing great.

OS X is not based on BSD.  It is a mach based kernel, with a custom graphical interface unrelated to X Windows.  It does have a BSD type user land available, and a BSD type kernel interface to enable the user land.   But most users don’t touch the user land. 

It is more correct, I think, to say that OS X and BSD share some heritage.

Chad