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Re: I like Linux because?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Wendell Cochran)
Mon Nov 30 19:16:53 1998
From: "Wendell Cochran" <atrypa@eskimo.com>
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Date: Mon, 30 Nov 1998 16:15:19 +0000
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> >At the core, linux is a collection of code produced by people all around
> >the world. In essence a huge patchwork quilt. It doesn't make sense to
> >me that this is to its benefit.
It may be that the metaphor 'patchwork quilt' misleads you. See
'The Cathedral & the Bazaar' by Eric S. Raymond at
http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar
which shows how distributed development works, & why.
Then go to Hallowe'en Memo I for surprise & consternation -- a
confession from inside Redmond that the Open Source system
is superior in speed of development & quality of product to
programming according to the Microsoft Way. The evidence cited?
Why, Linux.
Wendell Cochran
West Seattle
PS I continue to read protestations that the memo is a hoax, that
it was deliberately leaked by MS, that it was one man's opinion,
that it aids MS's case in Federal court. Fact: Authenticity has
been verified via MS's own web site; the memo was produced with the
advice & consent of 2 members of the Executive Committee; its
content is damning.
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