Messages in this thread | | | From | ketil@ii ... | Subject | Re: Linus is on a powertrip.. | Date | 04 Oct 1998 18:48:47 +0200 |
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lm@bitmover.com (Larry McVoy) writes:
> If the Linux community can't handle dealing with partially free software, > then they are welcome to write completely free software to do the > same job.
I'd suggest that most people use CVS, and find it workable enough for their needs. Certainly, for my purposes, developing internal scipts and small programming projects, it is more than satisfactory.
> Source management is not a "sexy" area unlike stuff like Gnome et al. > Problems in the non-sexy space either don't get solved or get solved > by commercial shops.
Oh? Usually, all the great free tools, like gcc, emacs, linux etc. were what I'd consider the non-sexy comparment. What the free software niche is most commonly criticized for, is lack of fancy GUIs and animated paperclips etc.
IME, people tend to write software they need, not software that markets well. That Linux also is becoming a marketing success, is more an accident than design, IMHO.
~kzm -- If I haven't seen further, it is by standing in the footprints of giants
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