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Is this fair?

Linux is to *BSD as

VHS was to Betamax.

At one time this was an interesting comparison... but now Linux has gotten so much development that even if FreeBSD was Betamax and Linux VHS (in the past)... I would say that Linux is now DVD ... and FreeBSD still remains betamax.

Don't get me wrong, FreeBSD is simple, elegant, consistent and well manicured. It seems to have picked up some pace again. I'm rooting for it.

Indeed, there is no shame in being a dirt-simple system that Just Works.

Likely is has a good place at the low end.

In enterprise mode, you want something like an AWS to hide the pain of those large-scale details that Linux is bringing.

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