Konrad Heuer wrote:
> Knowing what happened when M$ bought Hotmail - FreeBSD
was gradually
> replaced by Windows - I fear that one very famous
commercial user
> (and sponsor?) of FreeBSD will move away from FreeBSD.
I don't really know, but...
1. the last Microsoft OS experiment didn't end that well.
Their
process is rigid and costly.
2. the satellite commercial BSD project OS X is a
success.
3. Microsoft is trying to enter the UNIX market.
4. Microsoft is trying to reap the benefits of the open
source
community.
5. FreeBSD has a very corporate-friendly license plus
skilled
and handy community.
6. every major IT company has their free pet by now, but
there
seem to be a thorn in Microsoft / Novell relationship
and it
is GPL 3.
7. the FreeBSD Fundation is "Providing legal support
on issues
like understanding the GPLv3"...
It could go in either direction, if it's for the better
depends
upon your expectations.
--
Regards,
Karel Miklav
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