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Linux is an example of an open source project with centralized design & management and a unified vision. Mathematica is a brilliant product, and more people wo
by vbuwivbiu 8y ago
Linux is an example of an open source project with centralized design & management and a unified vision.
Mathematica is a brilliant product, and more people would use it if it was open source but it's ok that's it not.
- rhinoceraptor 8y agoAn OS kernel is a bounded problem, it abstracts hardware, enforces some security constraints, and allows user programs to run. So it's not really that hard to have a consensus of what Linux should do. Linux also has the (unique to it) idea that the kernel and the rest of the OS are not the same thing. There is no other integration point than the ABI for userspace. And OTOH, Linux userspace is ridiculously de-centralized. There's competing distros, init systems, C runtimes, memory allocators, filesystems, etc. And that's not even taking into account the absolute chaos of the Linux desktop.