On Tue, Jan 15, 2008 at 06:28:12PM +0200, Albert Zeyer wrote:
>> 
>> I've no idea what you mean by that remark.
> 
> Linux became popular because it was/is easy to install. (OK, not gained by 
> the Linux kernel developers itself but by the community around.)

Linux got a lot of funding due to hype. And the hype was mostly around the
"single student" Linus cult, which was simply more marketable than a multi
person core of dedicated but relatively colourless professionals.

> FreeBSD not, though from the quality point of view it's better.

It didn't have the hype. You have to have a motivation to start installing
in the first place.

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