• @Cowbee@lemmy.ml
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    02 months ago

    There’s also more chances of FOSS being developed for Linux if more people use it. FOSS is better the more popular it gets.

    • @const_void@lemmy.ml
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      02 months ago

      This seems like wishful thinking to me. Is there any data that supports that with more users comes more FOSS developers?

      • @jollyrogue@lemmy.ml
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        02 months ago

        Bigger platforms attract more devs.

        The BSDs don’t have the dev resources of Linux simply because Linux has a much larger install base.

        • @scratchandgame@lemmy.ml
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          2 months ago

          The BSDs don’t have the dev resources of Linux simply because Linux has a much larger install base.

          Really?

          I don’t think OpenBSD is as funded as Debian but it could maintain software like OpenSSH (even the portable version for Linux and Windows); LibreSSL (still not much used, but funded because of this), OpenSMTPD.

          But OpenBSD can maintain its ports which in my opinion is relatively large (no update for -release, sorry :) ). And base. For so many hardware platform. Even VAX until 6.9

      • @Cowbee@lemmy.ml
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        02 months ago

        I’m not sure you need data to understand that if more people use a product, there’s a greater chance someone will develop FOSS for it, as FOSS developers tend to also be users.