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Re:Are all BSDs created equally? A survey of BSD kernel vuln... by int_19h on Sunday December 31, 2017 @10:24AM (#16040884)
I think it's not so much about donating in and of itself, as it is about this "it runs Netflix!" argument.

I do donate to FreeBSD regularly - in fact, I have a matching paycheck donation set up. But that's because I personally use it in my projects. When it comes to Netflix, I already pay for Netflix, so the notion that I should also pay to FreeBSD because it makes Netflix possible is kinda ridiculous.

Re:Are all BSDs created equally? A survey of BSD kernel vuln... by ianai on Sunday December 31, 2017 @10:55AM (#16040995)
There’s also the argument regarding existence. Without the BSDs there would be much fewer ways for people and companies to use great, legitimately industry standard software/hardware technologies. Where would people cut their teeth programming and administrating the same tech that will land them work? Sure, Microsoft’s OSes exist, they’re not economically available for everybody. To say nothing about the realities of which OS offers a better developer/admin experience.