I was once a believer in Open Source. I wanted digital anarchy, followed by first digital and then physical cornucopia. This essay seems a crushing reality check on what actually happened. Interested in what software engineer friends think. http://marktarver.com/thecathedralandthebizarre.html …
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The rest of the well-done open source stuff (gcc, python, etc) is nearly as important to programming as electricity, and should be considered a utility rather than a project.
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Also, it's worth noting that sometimes the reason we use really old stuff is because it's actually better than new stuff. Linux>Windows for programming because UNIX was designed for programmers and the innovations Windows makes haven't improved it in that aspect.
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