DragonFly users List (threaded) for 2009-02
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Re: OT - was Hammer or ZFS based backup, encryption
On Sat, February 21, 2009 10:17 pm, Jeremy Chadwick wrote:
> I'm a little surprised to see BSD put alongside Linux when it comes to
> "development pace". Fact of the matter is, Linux wins when it comes to
> pace/speed of development -- they have more kernel folks, more eyes,
> a significantly larger user-base for testing, and absurd amounts of
> commercial backing/support from actual hardware vendors. Sun has
> some of this, but it's gotten worse (IMHO) since they started going
> the x86 route. BSD often trails behind Linux by 3-5 years.
I'll drag this even more off-topic and point out that thinking of the
progress of BSD systems compared to Linux (or Solaris or Windows etc.) as
a linear process, while valid, will never work out to anyone's
satisfaction. Nobody likes playing permanent catch-up.
I agree with what Jeremy said, and think we need to work on what features
make BSD, and specifically DragonFly BSD, special. Hammer is a big effort
in that direction.
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