[jjav]

> Are OpenBSD programmers somehow vastly more competent

It's not about competence, it is about priorities.

OpenBSD obsesses about security, so that's what drives the decision-making.

All public companies are driven by profit above all, with the product being just a mechanism to get more profit. As a direct consequence, quality (and security, which is part of quality) is not the top priority. Security is only relevant to the extent its absence reduces profits (which very rarely happens).

[pjmlp]

CCC has a talk about the effectiveness of OpenBSD decisions.

TL;DW It isn't as much as people think.