[Info-vax] OS implementation languages

[chrisq]

On 8/29/23 19:58, Arne Vajhøj wrote:
> On 8/29/2023 9:15 AM, Single Stage to Orbit wrote:
>> On Thu, 1970-01-01 at 00:00 +0000, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>> Very much FreeBSD here for some years, after decades first with
>>>> dec,
>>>> then Sun. Forms the basic of at least some proprietary offerings,
>>>> as
>>>> well as millions of embedded devices. Linux is still a unix,
>>>> and runs the majority of web sites of the world, so if anything,
>>>> unix has won the os wars...
>>>>
>>>
>>> Yes, very much so. (And I can't believe Arne thinks the *BSDs have no
>>> serious users... :-) ).
>>
>> Netflix picked FreeBSD as it could chuck out data at 400GB/s. Linux was
>> not even close.
> 
> Yes. But.
> 
> NetFlix is running their general server load (node.js, Spring Boot,
> Kafka, MySQL, Cassandra etc.) on Linux (supposedly Ubuntu)
> in AWS.
> 
> NetFlix chose FreeBSD for their CDN appliance that they deploy
> at ISP's.
> 
> Maybe not so important market share wise.
> 
> But certainly proof of FreeBSD's technical qualities. The default
> choice would have been Linux, so FreeBSD must have proven to
> be better to be selected.
> 
> Arne
> 

Not just that, but tech users expect easiiy viewed transparency from
desktop right down to bare metal, and the ability to customise that
environment. Far easier to do that with FreeBSD, than with Linux,
which becomes ever more complex and opaque. systemd tentacles extend
right through the system. crossing boundaries between what should
remain encapsulated and abstracted system components. So yes, Linux
is dead here for serious work, so long as they continue on that path.
It's what happens when good technical projects get corrupted by big
business politics, which are rarely compatable...

Chris