[swills]

There does seem to be one part of their announcement that's a bit off:

  While similar to other open source unix-like operating systems, it’s unique in that the development of both its kernel and user space utilities are managed by the same core team, ensuring consistent development standards across the project.

Wouldn't it be Linux that would be unique in that they don't do this? Solaris, AIX, HP-UX, all the BSDs, Mac OS X (which is certified Unix) does this as well. Correct me if I'm wrong here.

[tw04]

So two things:

None of the OS's you listed are open source.

The second part of the statement, the way I read it, is comparing FreeBSD to DigitalOcean's current offerings - Linux. Keep in mind the post is for someone that's already using DO's services, which is a person who has only ever used Linux on their platform.

[swills]

Good point, I glossed over that detail, but they are comparing to only open source OS's, so my examples are bad. Still, looking at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Comparison_of_open-source_opera... I think Linux is the odd man out here. Anyway, I suppose most of them aren't popular enough to be considered by Digital Ocean or their customers, so you're right there.

[ChristianBundy]

For anyone else having trouble reading the quote:

> While similar to other open source unix-like operating systems, it’s unique in that the development of both its kernel and user space utilities are managed by the same core team, ensuring consistent development standards across the project.

[emeraldd]

They may be treating the various linux distributions as separate entities. Then the number of Linux based operating systems should far outpace just about anything else ....

[isaacdl]

AFAIK, AIX, HP-UX, and Mac OS X are not open source (I'm only positive about OS X)

[Igglyboo]

OS X is mostly open source, the big thing that isn't is XQuartz IIRC.

[Alupis]

OSX is largely based on DarwinOS + some lipstick and customization... so it's close-ish to being Open Source... but I see the point.

[k__]

Maybe they talk about Linux, Hurd, OpenBSD and NetBSD?