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Obviously if linux doesn't come "batteries included" then you have to re-invent-from-scratch, or borrow, all the tools like compilers, web servers, package mana
by InclinedPlane 14y ago
Obviously if linux doesn't come "batteries included" then you have to re-invent-from-scratch, or borrow, all the tools like compilers, web servers, package management, archive utilities, etc.
That doesn't mean the community is amazing and wants to contribute! ... it means, that those features didn't exist, and someone had to do them (and yes, it's really great that they're all coming out open source, but it's not revolutionary)
Any OS in that situation will have a strong initial growth as people port their favorite toys across.
I'd be much more interested to see the rate of change over-time, year by year.
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- geon 14y agoIf you have a point, make it clearly instead of hiding it.
- InclinedPlane 14y agoIt's pretty obvious. Your criticisms would have been exactly as justified with regard to linux. That doesn't mean node.js is guaranteed to be as wildly successful as linux, but it does mean that merely dismissing it because so much of the work on it is "just porting things" is misplaced.
- shadowmint 14y agoOh the sweet irony. This attitude is exactly what I'm talking about. You're right, node is great. :)
- pekk 14y agonode.js is like any other open source language in this case. It's not so much like Linux (implied thesis: everyone will be running things on top of node.js like they are run on top of Linux)
- darkarmani 14y agoSo you are saying it is no different than other open source projects?