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I wonder if this is a case of OS Darwinism. The fact that it seems to be hanging on by a thread shows most companies are using and contributing to Linux. I have

by diestl 13y ago

I wonder if this is a case of OS Darwinism. The fact that it seems to be hanging on by a thread shows most companies are using and contributing to Linux. I have never used OpenBSD so not sure what it overs over Linux as a Unix implementation?

dinkumthinkum 13y ago
I think you are very misinformed here. There are many commercial *BSD users that do not give back. There is one famous one that think building campuses that looks like a UFO is pretty important.
spinchange 13y ago
I am also new to OpenBSD but had intended build a server with it per the advice in the top comment on this HN post from Zed Shaw https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7036661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7036661 My understanding is it has a reputation for being very secure, having thoroughly audited source code, and runs on lots of old and legacy hardware. It's also renown for having super thorough documentation. (see Zed's comment) Judging by comments on this post, I think it is more a case of the maintainers and/or the foundation's management instead of loyalty or adoption of the OS. I believe HN also runs on OpenBSD too, if I'm not mistaken.
- nzp 13y ago
  > I believe HN also runs on OpenBSD too, if I'm not mistaken. On FreeBSD.
dspillett 13y ago
You might not use OpenBSD as a whole but if you use Linux, especially in a server environment, you almost certainly rely on OpenSSH in some way, shape, or form, and that is part of the same project.
vezzy-fnord 13y ago
The OS itself has never seen mainstream adoption, but it is renowned for being very well designed, as well as pioneering several OS security features like W^X, strlcat, strlcpy and countless other tweaks. That and the foundation's most important projects are probably OpenSSH (absolutely essential, main focus here) and OpenNTPD, rather than the OS itself.

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I wonder if this is a case of OS Darwinism. The fact that it seems to be hanging on by a thread shows most companies are using and contributing to Linux. I have

by diestl 13y ago

dinkumthinkum 13y ago
I think you are very misinformed here. There are many commercial *BSD users that do not give back. There is one famous one that think building campuses that looks like a UFO is pretty important.
spinchange 13y ago
I am also new to OpenBSD but had intended build a server with it per the advice in the top comment on this HN post from Zed Shaw https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7036661 https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=7036661 My understanding is it has a reputation for being very secure, having thoroughly audited source code, and runs on lots of old and legacy hardware. It's also renown for having super thorough documentation. (see Zed's comment) Judging by comments on this post, I think it is more a case of the maintainers and/or the foundation's management instead of loyalty or adoption of the OS. I believe HN also runs on OpenBSD too, if I'm not mistaken.
- nzp 13y ago
  > I believe HN also runs on OpenBSD too, if I'm not mistaken. On FreeBSD.
dspillett 13y ago
You might not use OpenBSD as a whole but if you use Linux, especially in a server environment, you almost certainly rely on OpenSSH in some way, shape, or form, and that is part of the same project.
vezzy-fnord 13y ago
The OS itself has never seen mainstream adoption, but it is renowned for being very well designed, as well as pioneering several OS security features like W^X, strlcat, strlcpy and countless other tweaks. That and the foundation's most important projects are probably OpenSSH (absolutely essential, main focus here) and OpenNTPD, rather than the OS itself.