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On Sun, 4 Aug 2024, 186282@ud0s4.net wrote:

>> Lacking that, I think perhaps that the people who do not like the
>> direction of linux might rally behind one of the BSDs. The problem there
>> is the HW support, but that could in theory be improved with more money
>> and more funded developers.
>
>  I don't think the BSDs get much money/helpers. That
>  COULD change, esp if Linux decomposes like we kinda
>  expect.
>
>  But would the same chain of events happen again ?
>  Once something becomes prominent, seems profitable,
>  the same psychologies kick in. One of those
>  "human things". With Linus as "king" the Linux
>  kernel and ownership rules, we have remained
>  fairly consistent to "The Vision" - but how many
>  LIKE Linus are out there ???

Yes! This is exactly my point. As you pointed out, there are plenty of
options, but for a new linux to happen this strange alchemy of
technology _and_ person _and_ timing need to happen I think, and that is
very difficult to consciously engineer.

I think the closest to Linus we have is Theos influence in the OpenBSD
project.

I really would like to see a different file system in OpenBSD, otherwise
it does seem like a nice candidate. FreeBSD does receive (or did at
least) some suppor from Netflix and Netapp I think, but I don't know if
that is still happening.