Recently I had a feeling that opensource-products become more and more habitual in an everyday life.
Behind examples it isn't necessary to go far:
I chose for myself FreeBSD that developers of this system don't go on compromises between quality of a system and introduction of innovations, but at the moment the situation looks disturbing:
Reasons of it in my opinion are as follows:
While already there are too much questions and theses in one message therefore I will finish.
At the end I want to tell:
I very much want that FreeBSD which system can use for the solution of any tasks. Also it is desirable that it could do not only system programmers who at big desire can simply realize that is necessary for them in system.
Behind examples it isn't necessary to go far:
- Huge ecosystem of Android of decisions are products for entertainments, communication, continuous use and they make fantastic success.
- Leading game studios are guided by development of games as well for Linux of clients
- Producers of the equipment in the majority promote support of the products in Linux
I chose for myself FreeBSD that developers of this system don't go on compromises between quality of a system and introduction of innovations, but at the moment the situation looks disturbing:
- When wireless decisions, are so actively used - FreeBSD is very weak in support of the wireless equipment (no .n support, weak many device support).
- When specifications on the equipment long ago are open and support is perfectly realized in Linux, in FreeBSD with it everything is bad, or in any way. (videocards, TV tuners)
- When conducting opensource projects introduce new ideas, FreeBSD is not ready to that these products worked in it (new Mesa, X.org, v4l2, GEM,KMS,TTM support for new videocards except Intel)
Reasons of it in my opinion are as follows:
- Insufficient financing (but why not to declare in End-of-Year Fundraising Campaign separately financing any obviously lagging behind and necessary for active use of system of technologies? I suspect grants development very good way to find and stimulate developers)
- Insufficient quantity of developers (Can be it is worth carrying out more aggressive marketing or system promoting? ) . For example: All of us (users of FreeBSD) know, what it is very good system for network tasks but why still not to find in sale a router or L3-switch on the basis of FreeBSD except Juniper products, but at least most it is almost impossible to have opportunity перепрошить the device on FreeBSD?
While already there are too much questions and theses in one message therefore I will finish.
At the end I want to tell:
I very much want that FreeBSD which system can use for the solution of any tasks. Also it is desirable that it could do not only system programmers who at big desire can simply realize that is necessary for them in system.