That's like saying FreeBSD is used everywhere because it runs on the PS4.
Not really. FreeBSD is an entire OS. Linux is only a kernel. Also, PS4 isn't used everywhere. But more importantly, I never made reference to ANYTHING being used everywhere -those were YOUR words. You're attempting to make an argument against something that I've never said. That's intellectually dishonest.
These "bastardised" versions of a free OS do not benefit anyone and don't really have a bearing on what is good engineering.
There's nothing bastardized about android. This isn't even remotely a good argument. Additionally, good engineering doesn't include importing supposedly bad engineering into your own repository.
It works both ways. Linux imports many things from the BSDs. sudo, openssh, zfs and a number of drivers. You will notice that Linux must display that classic Berkley license notice? (I know that must upset a lot of zealots!)
Is that your argument? Linux does it too? Well, how's that working out for Linux & how's it working out for FBSD?
Linux does focus on graphics (much to the detriment of other areas). So FreeBSD is pulling that work in (with a lot of manpower and effort). However unlike Linux, graphics does not rule us. For many, it could be stripped out. Notice some of it is in ports and not even in the kernel? We have very few drivers that do that, showing low priority. Same reason why xorg isn't in base.
On the desktop, graphics are far more important than on the server. So, in order to compete on the desktop, graphics are extremely necessary. So, it's not a matter of being "ruled". The fact of the matter is that stripping out graphics isn't going to fly on a desktop, for the same reason that DOS isn't popular on desktops.
You may also know that drivers aren't something that can simply be "taken". They often need complete reengineering to integrate with a completely different kernel. Many drivers that people *think* FreeBSD takes are really just integer constants from Linux header files, originally reverse engineered due to lack of correct documentation. Lack of technical knowledge drives this silly Linux rumour. If Windows had a culture of open-source drivers, both Linux and FreeBSD would be "taking" drivers from Windows. Would that make Windows superior?
Actually, the developers that first tried to report DRM attempted to re-engineer them. It didn't work...at all. In fact, the effort was tried numerous times, & subsequently scrapped numerous times. Eventually, the decision made was to change as little code as possible & just write a Linux-style wrapper around the DRM code. What's ironic is that none of them stopped to think about what type of driver architecture would make the most sense for FBSD, itself & just write that. DRM is precisely the result of deciding what type of driver architecture would be best for Linux.
Why do you think they always fail? If they provided anything meaningful (other than themes of course).
I know exactly why they failed. And they don't always fail, because there are other projects that are still going.
3... why? Is that how many cats you have? Which hole did you pull that number from? Were you around in the UNIX wars? How many leaders were there then?
I don't have any cats. It's 3 because market conditions will only allow 3. That's basic business knowledge. The fact that you don't know this is alarming. The Unix wars proves my point. Where are all of those Unix vendors at now? What you fail to realize is that only ONE Unix style system could come out on top. Linux killed them all, but the truth is that FreeBSD should've been left standing on top.
And Phones? Android, iOS.... What is the 3rd? Windows phone?
For a while, yes it was windows phone.
So basically not a useful market for an alternative operating system. Windows and macOS are great products for them.
The alternative OS that should be standing on the top is FBSD. For some reason, the community doesn't want to be on top.