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I think the wild-west model is usually not very good for users to the same way the gatekeeper model is usually not good for hackers. Maybe we need more janitors
by jsz0 16y ago
I think the wild-west model is usually not very good for users to the same way the gatekeeper model is usually not good for hackers. Maybe we need more janitors instead.
- sorbus 16y agoWouldn't every conventional operating system be using the wild-west model? Windows, OSX, even Linux[1][2]: if you need a program, you go out onto the internet and look for it. [1] At least, it can be used that way. It fits the Janitor model much better when using repositories to install programs, or at least what I imagine the Janitor model to be (weakly curated system with misbehaving applications removed). [2] I'm also ignoring all of the less common/lower profile operating systems, because the only one I can name is BSD and I've never used it.