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Re:FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity and li... by nix23 on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @05:34AM (#30070302)
>but when millions of developers like GNU coreutils over BSD coreutils

I don't care if they cannot install Gnu/Linux on their machine, but being forced to use a proprietary system like Mac. Not my problem. Don't want bsd-core-utils? Don't buy apple, it's so easy.

>There's a reason GNU became popular when there were other tools available before it appeared.

That's not the reason and you know it, stop with that half-knowledge you think you have.

Something to read for you:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UNIX_System_Laboratories,_Inc.....

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Re:FreeBSD has serious problems with focus, longevity and li... by oblio on Tuesday January 25, 2022 @06:00AM (#30070475)
> Don't buy apple, it's so easy.

And yet they do, by the millions :-) Anyway, I don't really have a bone to pick on this topic.

However:

> That's not the reason and you know it, stop with that half-knowledge you think you have.

Yes, it is. They were full of features and that's why they became popular.

Please enlighten us with your rest-of-half-knowledge, otherwise.

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