Messages in this thread | | | Date | Fri, 2 Oct 1998 19:15:56 +1200 | From | Rodger Donaldson <> | Subject | Re: Linus is on a powertrip.. |
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On Thu, Oct 01, 1998 at 08:00:25PM -0400, Eric S. Raymond wrote: > Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl>: > > It is really a pity that the most popular free UNIX is so chaotic, and > > it's only becoming worse. Please don't misunderstand me: I'm not > > trying to pursuade anyone into FreeBSD, but I just wish that the most > > important free UNIX (which is Linux at the moment) would be more > > coherent and better organized. > > Chaos and openness are Linux's *strengths*. You have the causality backwards; > Linux is "the most important free Unix" precisely because it does *not* > follow the model you describe.
IMO, a cursory examination of the history of *BSD politics, stalled development and splits reveals that one of the most harmful delusions in the *BSD world is that it is some sort of democracy.
-- Rodger Donaldson rodgerd@ihug.co.nz Carnal knowledge is a fine social lubricant
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