Date: Wed, 08 Sep 1999 10:03:23 -0600 From: Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org> To: Jamie Bowden <ragnar@sysabend.org>, Dominic Mitchell <Dom.Mitchell@palmerharvey.co.uk> Cc: chat@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: MS & Linux duopoly Message-ID: <4.2.0.58.19990908093313.05258c10@localhost> In-Reply-To: <Pine.BSF.3.96.990908082545.780A-100000@beelzebubba.sysaben d.org> References: <19990908102618.A68257@voodoo.pandhm.co.uk>
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At 08:30 AM 9/8/99 -0400, Jamie Bowden wrote: >I didn't bother to hit the URL, but this isn't news. Things like X11amp >and Cthugha are prime examples. Those are fluff. The non-fluff stuff >that's becoming linux specific is pissing me off. It shouldn't be surprising, though. It's ALWAYS easier to write non-portable code. It happens in the commercial world unless management is visionary enough to insist that programmers do otherwise. (Unfortunately, management is rarely visionary.) And it happens in the open source world, where coders who seek credit rather than money likewise target the biggest installed base exclusively. Mechanisms like the GPL work to lock the code in still more. I see this as a problem that will worsen over time. The only cure is to catch up with Linux in terms of mindshare and user base as quickly as possible. Are you game to an effort whose goal would be to turn these trends around? --Brett To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-chat" in the body of the message
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