@purpleidea
They've given talks on how using FreeBSD gives them technological advantages over and above what Linux could give them.
Could the license be considered an advantage by their business people? Maybe. But I don't believe it's their only reason, or even their main reason.
@safigo @miekg
They've given talks on how using FreeBSD gives them technological advantages over and above what Linux could give them.
Could the license be considered an advantage by their business people? Maybe. But I don't believe it's their only reason, or even their main reason.
@safigo @miekg
@miekg
Don't think they're available, no.
The best I know of is https://freebsdfoundation.org/end-user-stories/netflix-case-study/
No, Debian's kFreeBSD port is dead dead dead.
@safigo @purpleidea
Don't think they're available, no.
The best I know of is https://freebsdfoundation.org/end-user-stories/netflix-case-study/
No, Debian's kFreeBSD port is dead dead dead.
@safigo @purpleidea
@miekg
In fact, that article states that 'contributing upstream' is part of what Netflix considers core to its success in using FreeBSD, which basically negates any so called benefit you might have in not being bound by the GPL...
@purpleidea @safigo
In fact, that article states that 'contributing upstream' is part of what Netflix considers core to its success in using FreeBSD, which basically negates any so called benefit you might have in not being bound by the GPL...
@purpleidea @safigo
@miekg
FreeBSD still outperforms anything Linux can throw at it at the high end though.
And https://people.freebsd.org/~gallatin/talks/OpenFest2023.pdf talks about 800Gb/s servers, where performance matters.
@safigo @purpleidea
FreeBSD still outperforms anything Linux can throw at it at the high end though.
And https://people.freebsd.org/~gallatin/talks/OpenFest2023.pdf talks about 800Gb/s servers, where performance matters.
@safigo @purpleidea
@miekg
There are benchmarks, e.g., https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2406146-NE-2406131NE13&hni=1&sgm=1&sor#r-542e6001bf05f1eaa298d6ffc8001da894c3a653, in 'geometric mean of all benchmarks' at the bottom shows FreeBSD on top. The difference is small enough to not matter to most people, but large enough that if you run gazillions of machines it might matter.
@safigo @purpleidea
There are benchmarks, e.g., https://openbenchmarking.org/result/2406146-NE-2406131NE13&hni=1&sgm=1&sor#r-542e6001bf05f1eaa298d6ffc8001da894c3a653, in 'geometric mean of all benchmarks' at the bottom shows FreeBSD on top. The difference is small enough to not matter to most people, but large enough that if you run gazillions of machines it might matter.
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@miekg
One advantage which FreeBSD has over Linux is that due to its smaller community, they can focus more on certain things. Linux has people pulling it in all kinds of, sometimes conflicting, ways. This is not as much of a problem for FreeBSD.
@safigo @purpleidea
One advantage which FreeBSD has over Linux is that due to its smaller community, they can focus more on certain things. Linux has people pulling it in all kinds of, sometimes conflicting, ways. This is not as much of a problem for FreeBSD.
@safigo @purpleidea