NetBSD was found dead in his bathroom, adter overclocking himself once to often. Never able to keep up with his more famous brothers,netBSD freeBSD and BSD386, he locked himself in his mothers basement and hadn't been seen in years.
+ 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 product
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.
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Well... (Score:5, Funny)
Given enough time, Netcraft will confirm...
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NetBSD was found dead in his bathroom, adter overclocking himself once to often. Never able to keep up with his more famous brothers,netBSD freeBSD and BSD386, he locked himself in his mothers basement and hadn't been seen in years.
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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 product
Re:Well... (Score:5, Interesting)
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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