I remember how NetBSD promoted itself as running on many more
toasters than Linux once.
Then some NetBSD dev wrote on their mailing list that this is
no longer true. Linux runs on more toasters now. (And also top 500 supercomputers, but toasters are the real metal to the petal test.)
It's an interesting piece of history too. I kind of evaluate it a
bit differently, e. g. my summary is "momentum beats academic
perfection". Which is not completely what it is about, but it is
my own imperfect TL;DR summary.
Then some NetBSD dev wrote on their mailing list that this is no longer true. Linux runs on more toasters now. (And also top 500 supercomputers, but toasters are the real metal to the petal test.)
These fights always remind me of:
https://www.jwz.org/doc/worse-is-better.html
It's an interesting piece of history too. I kind of evaluate it a bit differently, e. g. my summary is "momentum beats academic perfection". Which is not completely what it is about, but it is my own imperfect TL;DR summary.