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Date:      Sun, 12 Mar 2000 08:37:38 +1300
From:      Joe Abley <jabley@patho.gen.nz>
To:        Dennis <dennis@etinc.com>
Cc:        hackers@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Is FreeBSD dead? Well, not in theory...
Message-ID:  <20000312083736.A27614@patho.gen.nz>
In-Reply-To: <200003111841.NAA17534@etinc.com>; from dennis@etinc.com on Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 01:36:31PM -0500
References:  <200003101840.NAA12885@etinc.com> <Pine.BSF.4.05.10003111306520.14049-100000@bsd1.nyct.net> <200003111841.NAA17534@etinc.com>

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On Sat, Mar 11, 2000 at 01:36:31PM -0500, Dennis wrote:
> Not realistically. First of all, most "scruffy unshaven hackers" are not
> qualified to make serious changes to important drivers. they might be able
> to find a stray pointer, but not to make structural improvement.

This is just silly.

> Another point is that Open Source is virtually synonomous with "Totally
> undocumented".

This is sillier.

> My point was that because of open source you have an unfinished product
> that  never gets finished.

That's the description of a product that is still alive. A product on
which development stops is a dead product.



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