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It's their choice, let them rename and rebrand as they see fit. As long as the system works for people using it, and it's properly maintained and supported, what does a name matter?
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I can understand the dropping of PC since they want to be on other platforms too. However, I have to wonder who they think will see "PC-BSD" and go "Oh, crud, I wanted to put this on my server but it has 'PC' in the name, it can't possibly work!".
As above, I wonder whether dropping the "BSD" is an attempt to try to market a new identity and hide the nature of the OS. I wonder whether this is done so that the direction and nature of the OS can be changed without worrying about trademarks rearing their head should it be subsequently sold? I certainly get the impression that's why Canonical dropped "Linux" -- just in case it it makes selling Ubuntu more difficult.
While I do prefer FreeBSD to the TrueOS derivative I think that TrueOS has some value. Like Ubuntu in Linux TrueOS provides a user friendly introduction to the BSDs that mainstream PC users wouldn't ordinarily experience. A pointy-clicky UI is comforting to Windows, OS X users.
Live and let live.
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