Saying that something hasn't evolved in almost 20 years is a... strange flex ? I suppose there's a need for everything.
* it's abandoned.
* it's good for what it does, why change it?
I don't know, to be honest, in which of these most BSDs are. But I see very little reason for an Operating System's tools and utilities to have changed much since the early 2000's. Perhaps even since the 1990's. Sure, their implementations may have been significantly improved, and maybe they've got some new stuff (specially in things that do need to evolve, like crypto) but the overall user interface remains the same. I think we should start seeing change for the sake of change as a bug, not a feature.
Immediately, this quote came to mind: Those who don't understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly. - Henry Spencer
Alternatively, Just do what slack did with irc. 'Reinvent' it with a modern interface and some fixes. The mercurial masses will flock to the hot new platform, VC will shower you with adoration and cash, we'll tell stories about how you don't eat breakfast and only ever wear one sock. Everyone will emulate you and then you can come back around as a wealthy guru investor. - @more_corn
Or the wise man yells at cloud version, It used to be the case that people were admonished to "not re-invent the wheel". We now live in an age that spends a lot of time "reinventing the flat tire!" The flat tires come from the reinventors often not being in the same league as the original inventors. This is a symptom of a "pop culture" where identity and participation are much more important than progress... - Alan Kay (2016)
15 to 30 year lifespan of an average B2B computer appliance
Decades of recurring, non-evolving revenue vs. S-curve surfing.
Decisions, decisions.
OpenBSD is innovative, especially in all matters of security and stability. SROP, privilege separation and revocation, W^X, PIE, trapsleds, fork+exec separation.
Removing weaknesses is evolution.