On 07/06/2011 4:49 AM, River Tarnell wrote: > > Why Linux and not FreeBSD, or Solaris, or OpenServer, or MP-RAS, or ...? > I've asked this many times in the past (usually when someone says "I > want Linux") and never had a real answer that I can remember.[0]
Availability of expertise. Just here at Ubisoft, for instance, there are about 25 Linux sysadmins (ranging from intermediate to guru-level). Of all of us, there are only five that have Solaris or *BSD experience, and only *two* who have both. Whatever caused this originally, Linux ended up with a much bigger mindshare than the BSD did. You'll find more users and sysadmins with CentOS or Ubuntu experience than all other unices combined once we old farts start retiring. -- Coren / Marc _______________________________________________ Toolserver-l mailing list (Toolserver-l@lists.wikimedia.org) https://lists.wikimedia.org/mailman/listinfo/toolserver-l Posting guidelines for this list: https://wiki.toolserver.org/view/Mailing_list_etiquette
