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    Patrick Walton‏ @pcwalton 7 Dec 2018
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    Hot take: The fallacy in the “open source monoculture is good, just look at Linux!” argument is that it presupposes Linux is well-designed.

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      2. Gok‏ @Gok 7 Dec 2018
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        Yeah I’ve often wondered when there will be a “kernels are not a solved problem” great awakening.

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      3. Jarred Nicholls‏ @jarrednicholls 8 Dec 2018
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        Never heard it put this way, but it's obviously true and, going out on a limb, something I think the majority of engineers take for granted.

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      2. Florens Verschelde‏ @fvsch 7 Dec 2018
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        And the more honest comparison would be operating system monoculture, which Linux (for all its flaws) was and is a defense against.

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      3. Sankrant Chaubey‏ @snk_xed 7 Dec 2018
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        Linux IS a monoculture

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      2. Matt T. Proud - Jeder schuldet mir 100 Nazi-Skalpe‏ @khanreaper 7 Dec 2018
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        Linux and monoculture‽ How on Earth do these two things fit together?

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      3. Sankrant Chaubey‏ @snk_xed 7 Dec 2018
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        Well, Linux is sometimes the only sought after option, when there could be something better (and there is)

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      1. endrift  🏳️‍🌈‏ @endrift 7 Dec 2018
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        *looks at FreeBSD’s Linuxulator* Linux monoculture is definitely good /s

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      2. Anti-‏ @crowder 7 Dec 2018
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        Successful and well-designed are two very different things.

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      3. W. Brian Gourlie‏ @dubya_brian 10 Dec 2018
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        Javascript, for example.

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      2. Sankrant Chaubey‏ @snk_xed 7 Dec 2018
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        The real problem is Standardisation. The spirit of "looking for new ways" is seldom appreciated.

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      3. lonetwin‏ @lonetwin 8 Dec 2018
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        Erm Standardisation is not a problem. It almost always begins life as a solution to a problem. I do get what you're saying that a side effect of standards is truly novel ideas might not receive the attention they otherwise would. We've seen that happen in open source a whole lot.

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