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I am no lover of Linux (BSD for me) and I am no lover of the GPL (MIT or 3BSD for me) but I have no idea what this article is actually trying to say. The proli
by dazzawazza 14y ago
I am no lover of Linux (BSD for me) and I am no lover of the GPL (MIT or 3BSD for me) but I have no idea what this article is actually trying to say.
The proliferation of user space apps doesn't kill an OS. You could argue the GPL helps it but again, that's not the OS. Windows also has many duplicate apps that are not very good. No GPL there.
The ".. pile of old festering hacks, endlessly copied and pasted by a clueless generation of IT 'professionals' who wouldn't recognise sound IT architecture if you hit them over the head with it.." is true in all spheres and isn't fostered by the GPL.
Am I missing something?