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		mechanicker 11 months ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Why Oxide Chose Illumos Wonder if this is more due to Bhyve being developed on FreeBSD and Illumos derives from a common ancestor BSD? I know NetApp (stack based on FreeBSD) contributed significantly to Bhyve when they were exploring options to virtualize Data ONTAP (C mode) https://forums.freebsd.org/threads/bhyve-the-freebsd-hypervi...

jclulow 11 months ago [–]

While we have a common ancestor in the original UNIX, so much of illumos is really more from our SVR4 heritage -- but then also so much of that has been substantially reworked since then anyway.

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