Re: Linus is on a powertrip..
kwrohrer@ce.mediaone.net
Thu, 1 Oct 1998 19:27:47 -0500 (CDT)
And lo, Eric S. Raymond saith unto me:
>
> Peter Mutsaers <plm@xs4all.nl>:
> > [ 80 people can commit changes to FreeBSD]
> > It is really a pity that the most popular free UNIX is so chaotic, and
> > it's only becoming worse. Please don't misunderstand me: I'm not
> > trying to pursuade anyone into FreeBSD, but I just wish that the most
> > important free UNIX (which is Linux at the moment) would be more
> > coherent and better organized.
>
> Chaos and openness are Linux's *strengths*. You have the causality backwards;
> Linux is "the most important free Unix" precisely because it does *not*
> follow the model you describe.
Further, the chaos that feeds Linux is constructive chaos; the chaos that
would ensue if 80 people had "final say" over various parts of Linux would
be quite destructive, I think. Especially when cross-guru projects need
doing, and none of the gurus will finally commit the changes because not
all the other gurus have yet...
Keith
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