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Membership in an open source community is like membership in the community of science. There is a straightforward process for finding a true answer to any quest

by gaius 9y ago

Membership in an open source community is like membership in the community of science. There is a straightforward process for finding a true answer to any question Oh please. Dare to ask what is the best of anything and prepare for an epic flame war.

dEnigma 9y ago
Because "What is the best X" is a vague question and rarely has just one true answer.
- gaius 9y ago
  As is true of most interesting questions in most fields.
  - dEnigma 9y ago
    Possibly, but this is why one shouldn't expect to get a simple, "true" answer or be suprised when there are arguments and flamewars.
ChrisRackauckas 9y ago
Well, I asked the author for the data that led him to believe that the Julia community is "monopolistic", and he got mad and blocked me instead of linking to anything... https://twitter.com/ChrisRackauckas/status/985529394704740358 https://twitter.com/ChrisRackauckas/status/98552939470474035... So your remark is pretty spot on.
- littlehood 9y ago
  You asked for that block in the second question. You sound very entitled to answers.
  - ChrisRackauckas 9y ago
    I am just curious what led him to his conclusions. He made a very nasty comment about a group of people and gives no justification for why. I cannot seem to find out why when Googling either. Is it not okay to ask someone how they came to their conclusions?
    - littlehood 9y ago
      You could've asked politely, but it looks you missed your chance.