Long term I think that’s a good idea. Especially when it comes to command line programs, making them the same across both platforms as much as possible will be great for usability.
There isn’t really a story here? It’s just a passing comment.
Note: The statement in question was made by the Executive Director of the FreeBSD Foundation. That position relates to a distinct management structure from that of the FreeBSD Project (although several people do hold positions in both).
Interesting to see the age distribution of committers! I wonder how it compares to other large established infrastructural projects (operating systems, compilers, databases etc).
Is Jordan still the leader of FreeBSD? I’ve Been out the game for over a decade now (since he took a hiatus for Apple’s Darwin)
But isn't competition a good thing?
Do they not? I thought there was pretty good cooperation all-around when the Spectre/Meltdown bugs started coming to light.
I know Theo de Raadt has something of a reputation for getting prickly with Linux devs, but he's on NetBSD now.
I'm not sure for the kernel. IIRC, Android' C runtime (bionic) shares many implementations with the BSDs (not sure which, but I think it's more than one. Bionic sources site their sources).