Comment by lproven

> I am really quite heavily involved in the tech sector, across a lot of domains. I don’t know a soul who runs a BSD variant.

Really? Wow. I know quite a few. Perhaps your experience isn't as broad as you think.

> How can I expose myself to this arena beyond making a BSD box…

You can't. Make a BSD box.

> which seems like a waste of time at the moment.

That is an exceptionally foolish comment, which others have pointed out, and you deserve it, I'm afraid.