Re: Improvements and thoughts on small projects for advocacy
Kyle Willett <[email protected]> Thu, 14 May 2020 22:01:37 -0500
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I did some research about OpenBSD in my graduate cyber security class and came to the conclusion that more people should run OpenBSD on company computers compared to Windows and even compared to the likes of Linux and FreeBSD. That extra security is just so important. Businesses are never going to buy Windows laptops and then switch them to OpenBSD. They want a support contract and someone to call when something does not work. The OpenBSD project has a small developer base and always seems to be struggling for money. It is my thinking that if the team in charge of OpenBSD development offered hardware with OpenBSD supported 100% on it and sold with it preinstalled that OpenBSD laptops could become a niche offering like Chromebooks but fully open source. My apologies for upsetting Theo de Raadt himself though. Just thinking about how the project could get more awareness of OpenBSD out there and more people using the OS. Few hardware companies bother with OpenBSD support because it has such a small market share. Just sharing my ideas on how to get more people aware of the project and using the OS as their daily driver.