A myth that has been omission in FreeBSD Advocacy Project?

Erich Dollansky erichsfreebsdlist at alogt.com
Fri May 16 05:08:02 UTC 2014


Hi,

On Thu, 15 May 2014 23:44:13 -0400
Matthew Seaman <m.seaman at infracaninophile.co.uk> wrote:

> On 15/05/2014 21:30, Polytropon wrote:
> > And which big corporation would admit that they are using a
> > product that can be obtained for free which helps them to earn
> > money? Would they admit that a "hobby OS" powers their innermost
> > parts? Would they even know that the Internet itself works as
> > we know it simply because UNIX and BSD does exist?
> 
> uh... both Netflix and Juniper are quite open about their use of
> FreeBSD.  Aren't those big enough corporations?
> 
are they in the bike shed business?

I have the feeling that myth and reality also got mixed up in this
threat.

I better use a hobby operating system that works than a professional
operating system that forces users to do what it wants.

Erich


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