Re: Linus is on a powertrip..

Kev (klmitch@mit.edu)
Mon, 05 Oct 1998 12:26:13 EDT


> > > follow the model you describe.
> >
> > You claim is just stupid in my opinion. Linux success does not imply that
> > Linux development model has been the best possible one and certainly not
> > that it has been better than the FreeBSD one. There are TONS of other
>
> Well, that's testable. Let's try development under the linux model, and
> let's try development under the FreeBSD model, give them a random setof
> talented people each, and see which has more "success".
>
> Ooops .. it's been tried! Linux came up well ahead. So -
> null-hypothesis that there is no relation to the model rejected on that
> test. I wonder how to calculate the prior probabilities ..

So how long is the emperor's nose?

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