Migrating to FreeBSD
At the time of this writing, and as accurately as these things can be measured (which is to say, not very), FreeBSD has approximately 15% of the open-source UNIX server market. The rest is almost all Linux, with the remainder comprised of NetBSD, OpenBSD, and a few other little-known variants. In the wider server market, Windows NT/2000 claims about a 20–30% share, with UNIX (both commercial and open-source) estimated at about 65%. By any measure, this means FreeBSD is not an especially large player. However, market share alone does not dictate the quality of a piece of software (as anyone reading this book likely knows).
FreeBSD usage is growing. There is a steady stream of Linux-based or commercial UNIX-based businesses ...
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