I noticed that I didn't really answer the question with my previous post, but I will now. The BSD-Linux rivalry is a perceived notion of the Linux community. There is no general rivalry.
You may find some overzealous developers and users you fuel this myth, but the vast majority of users and developers in both communities don't give it even a grain of salt. Really, much of the F/OSS community works together regardless of the platform and license. The inter-BSD rivalry is an even bigger myth.
Currently, there are five major BSD operating systems: FreeBSD, OpenBSD, NetBSD, DragonflyBSD, and Darwin. I know that Darwin has diverged quite a bit, but it still retains many BSD elements and a lot of BSD users including myself consider it a BSD operating system. Each of these operating systems have a specific goal; Darwin will not be considered because of its special goal.
FreeBSD aims for outstanding performance and scalability, OpenBSD for maximum security and stability, NetBSD for maximum ... more.
I cant really gove you an answer,but what I can give you is a way to a solution, that is you have to find the anglde that you relate to or peaks your interest. A good paper is one that people get drawn into because it reaches them ln some way.As for me WW11 to me, I think of the holocaust and the effect it had on the survivors, their families and those who stood by and did nothing until it was too late.