OpenBSD should become a company selling hardware? That idea is complete bullshit.
I have a better idea. How about the people who don't do anything except come up with stupid ideas go away. Kyle Willett <kyle.d.will...@gmail.com> wrote: > I did some research about OpenBSD in my graduate cyber security class > and came to the conclusion that more people should run OpenBSD on > company computers compared to Windows and even compared to the likes > of Linux and FreeBSD. That extra security is just so important. > Businesses are never going to buy Windows laptops and then switch them > to OpenBSD. They want a support contract and someone to call when > something does not work. The OpenBSD project has a small developer > base and always seems to be struggling for money. It is my thinking > that if the team in charge of OpenBSD development offered hardware > with OpenBSD supported 100% on it and sold with it preinstalled that > OpenBSD laptops could become a niche offering like Chromebooks but > fully open source. My apologies for upsetting Theo de Raadt himself > though. Just thinking about how the project could get more awareness > of OpenBSD out there and more people using the OS. Few hardware > companies bother with OpenBSD support because it has such a small > market share. Just sharing my ideas on how to get more people aware > of the project and using the OS as their daily driver.
