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Yes, I think it's worked out pretty well this way. Would OpenSSH, pf, git, xorg, most "djbware", Samba, the *BSDs, or the entire GNU project exist if we didn't
by kree10 17y ago
Yes, I think it's worked out pretty well this way.
Would OpenSSH, pf, git, xorg, most "djbware", Samba, the *BSDs, or the entire GNU project exist if we didn't first have badly licensed software, badly designed software, real or imagined personal slights on mailing lists, etc.?
- judofyr 17y agoBut instead of "OpenSSH, pf, git, xorg, most "djbware", Samba, the *BSDs, or the entire GNU project" we would have well licensed and well designed software, etc, while something else would have been aweful and people would spend time solving that problem...
- aaronblohowiak 17y agoThe systems that GNU resembles were poorly licensed. How do you figure that without GNU, we would have had a better replacement in their stead (what precedents do you have for your view?)
- judofyr 17y agoOh, I just don't think that we can say that the bad software has been a good thing. Yes, they've made some creative minds produce some really good software, but I still think it would have been better if the first software was awesome right from the start. After all, the creative minds would still search for unsolved problems…