Messages in this thread | | | Date | Sat, 17 Feb 2001 20:05:47 +0000 (GMT) | From | "James A. Sutherland" <> | Subject | Re: Linux stifles innovation... |
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On Sat, 17 Feb 2001, Dennis wrote:
> At 07:01 PM 02/16/2001, Alan Olsen wrote: > >On Fri, 16 Feb 2001, Dennis wrote: > > > > > There is much truth to the concept, although Microsoft should not be ones > > > to comment on it as such. > > > >What truth? I have seen more "innovation" in the Open Source movement > >than I ever have in my 18+ years of being a professional programmer. > > You are confusing "progress" with "innovation".
Not necessarily: both exist in open source projects.
> If there is only 1 choice, thats not innovation.
You are confusing "innovation" with "competition".
> Expanding on a bad idea, or even a good one, is not innovation.
Correct. Having the idea in the first place is innovation.
> Designing something differently to make it better is innovation. I suppose > you could argue that redesigning linux every few years is innovation, but
Not really. Changing Linux to take advantage of some new concept would be innovation. Adding a new feature would be innovation.
> unfortunately its the same cast of characters doing it, so its not very > innovative.
There is no need for innovation to involve different/new PEOPLE, just new IDEAS.
James.
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