It has lower performance than Linux, and some compatibility problems that appear once in a while.
It used to be fashionable to run BSD on security focused machines (like firewalls). I'm not sure why Linux won there too.
It used to be fashionable to run BSD on security focused machines (like firewalls). I'm not sure why Linux won there too.
OpenBSD has much more complete and accurate documentation, which is a plus when you're debugging a problem.
I would opine that Linux won because it was familiar but not ideal - see also people trying to shoehorn Windows into embedded systems where a unix variant would be a more ideal pick.
State actors are now targeting whole populations. It takes less and less time to enumerate the entire IPv4 address space. Knowledge about hacking is becoming more and more accessible to a larger group of people. This problem is not going away - it is growing larger for every year.
If you don't believe me: Just attach an object to the internet and watch the logs.
Yep, but you have to grade it based on likelyhood. Which costs more, a thing that doesn't work right now or a thing that might not work in the future, maybe. If you can make it work now and be secure, good, otherwise people will, quite rationally, prefer that it work.