Re: Closed system (was: PC connection via twinax ?)

[jpcarr@xxxxxxxxxxxx]

I think you hit a good observation Steve.   The Open Source movement (when
Young and small(ish) ).

After a few years,  that speed and agility may may grow slower and more
rigid as time goes by (as your observation noted).

We shall see after another 5 years or so if it grows into a sluggish
beauracrcy or not.

We shall see.  On the other hand,  If Roch. wants to push out to 128bits,
Ah, they don't have to ask no one.

John
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Wow,  think of the disagreements on this list if there was actually
something at stake, like deciding what feature to add to open source os400.

I think you still need one entity in charge of the system. Someone who owns
it and makes all the final decisions. The new version of apache seems to be
very late, past its expected completion date. What is the holdup with a
standard gui version of linux, one that can compete with our ms friends?

Judging just from this list, getting peer to peer pgmrs to agree on things
is like herding cats.

But sure, fixing bugs. I can see how open source would excel at that.
Similar, maybe, to how this list excels at getting answers to people who
post questions.


-Steve