Well I do, and moreover I personally have written ~30 thousand lines of code for NetBSD which has been used in other OS projects (the other BSDs, and OpenSolaris at least - see Bluetooth code) in varying amounts, and I am certainly not the only one to have had code re-used. The NetBSD libc is being used for Android now, I believe.
Also, many companies [netbsd.org] do use it, though they don't always advertise that fact.
Seriously, after 25 years in the business I've never seen or heard about anyone using NetBSD in production ever.
The licence is liberal, and companies are not obligated to mention their usage.
Add Minix to the list - they've adapted NetBSD userland, and are an excellent alternative to NetBSD for embedded apps. Only issue - they are currently x86 only, but once they add ARM support and proliferate it across the leading implementations, if not all, they'll be good to go.
Well it's a regular UNIX-like distribution so anyone can use it on their desktop or server if they want, and some do. It's also used in some embedded systems, Apple's networking equipment uses it for example.
Seriously, after 25 years in the business I've never seen or heard about anyone using NetBSD in production ever.
Either you are in the wrong business or you aren't looking very hard. NetBSD runs on almost anything, and is widely used in embedded systems. It is likely that some little black gizmo in your own home or office is quietly humming away with NetBSD inside.
+ FreeBSD is used in certain hardware appliances, and some ISPs use it for shared hosting etc.
+ OpenBSD seems to be the security nerd's choice when they're setting up a really, really secure router. Or so they say.
+ NetBSD? Ummmm. I guess you can install it on some 1990s RISC hardware and brag to slashdot about it? (Except you have to go back to your x86 to run a browser.)
Seriously, after 25 years in the business I've never seen or heard about anyone using NetBSD in production ever. Is this a real legit OS, or is Netcraft just being lazy?
The most important area is probably providing the base for the Darwin kernel. It's good for other commercial products too as the BSD license doesn't require the source to be redistributed and thus you can better protect your intellectual property. But on the other hand, for many BSD setups, Linux would do the job just as fine. It's nice to have variety though.
Well, I was talking about BSDs in general. But on the other hand, I today saw the official Products based on NetBSD [netbsd.org] list to mention Darwin. Maybe Darwin pulls from various BSDs?
I'll give you an example Danger, who made the HipTop (T-Mobile's version was the sidekick) one of the earliest innovators for smart / feature phones was based on NetBSD server software. So there you go
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Given enough time, Netcraft will confirm...
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If it is not in `cat /usr/share/calendar/calendar.history` on a FreeBSD box then I refuse to believe it happened.
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You have to check that file on a Xenix/SCO UNIX system. It will probably have Netcraft credits at the bottom with the copyright.
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Well I do, and moreover I personally have written ~30 thousand lines of code for NetBSD which has been used in other OS projects (the other BSDs, and OpenSolaris at least - see Bluetooth code) in varying amounts, and I am certainly not the only one to have had code re-used. The NetBSD libc is being used for Android now, I believe.
Also, many companies [netbsd.org] do use it, though they don't always advertise that fact.
The licence is liberal, and companies are not obligated to mention their usage.
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Well it's a regular UNIX-like distribution so anyone can use it on their desktop or server if they want, and some do. It's also used in some embedded systems, Apple's networking equipment uses it for example.
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Apple's networking equipment uses it for example.
Apple makes networking equipment? That runs NetBSD?
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Seriously, after 25 years in the business I've never seen or heard about anyone using NetBSD in production ever.
Either you are in the wrong business or you aren't looking very hard. NetBSD runs on almost anything, and is widely used in embedded systems. It is likely that some little black gizmo in your own home or office is quietly humming away with NetBSD inside.
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Honest question, who uses NetBSD?
+ FreeBSD is used in certain hardware appliances, and some ISPs use it for shared hosting etc.
+ OpenBSD seems to be the security nerd's choice when they're setting up a really, really secure router. Or so they say.
+ NetBSD? Ummmm. I guess you can install it on some 1990s RISC hardware and brag to slashdot about it? (Except you have to go back to your x86 to run a browser.)
Seriously, after 25 years in the business I've never seen or heard about anyone using NetBSD in production ever. Is this a real legit OS, or is Netcraft just being lazy?
The most important area is probably providing the base for the Darwin kernel. It's good for other commercial products too as the BSD license doesn't require the source to be redistributed and thus you can better protect your intellectual property. But on the other hand, for many BSD setups, Linux would do the job just as fine. It's nice to have variety though.
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I'll give you an example Danger, who made the HipTop (T-Mobile's version was the sidekick) one of the earliest innovators for smart / feature phones was based on NetBSD server software. So there you go
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