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Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by _-david-_ on Monday October 25, 2021 @09:37PM (#28995411)
> The BSDs have grown in popularity significantly in the last couple years.

Is the market share for BSDs growing?

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Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by trasz on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @02:27PM (#29004246)
Which market? If you take eg gaming consoles, then FreeBSD maintains steady 1/3 of the whole market, compared to Linux 0%.
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Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by _-david-_ on Tuesday October 26, 2021 @04:32PM (#29005878)
Has the PlayStation market share grown in the last couple years? Also, Linux is probably going to grow when the Steam Deck is released.

Even if the PlayStation is growing, I am not aware of BSD growing in desktop, server, embedded devices, etc.

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Re:WhatsApp scaled to 1B users with only 50 engineers by trasz on Wednesday October 27, 2021 @03:43PM (#29018141)
Linux isn’t growing in those markets either. Moreover, it’s increasingly seen as a liability - thus increasing efforts to replace it with eg Fuchsia.
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