Open-source Rival Calls Linux "Garbage"
Sure to spark flame-wars of historical significance, this comes to us via TechWeb News:
If there's little love lost between fans of the Windows and Linux operating systems, there's none lost between Linux and another open-source OS, OpenBSD.
According to a report in Forbes magazine, the founder of OpenBSD, Theo de Raadt, pulled few punches when asked about Linux, the far more popular open-source operating system.
"It's terrible," De Raadt told Forbes. "Everyone is using it, and they don't realize how bad it is. And the Linux people will just stick with it and add to it rather than stepping back and saying, 'This is garbage and we should fix it.'"
OpenBSD is one of the three open-source variations on BSD (Berkeley Software Distribution) Unix, which is also the basis for Apple's Mac OS X operating system. (The others are FreeBSD and NetBSD.) OpenBSD prides itself on its security, touting on the home page of its Web site "Only one remote hole in the default install, in more than 8 years!"
Although Linux often gets high marks from researchers when comparing the quality of its code with commercial software, De Raadt sang a completely different tune.
posted by Fergie @ 6/20/2005 12:50:00 PM
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