Date: Tue, 21 Jan 1997 22:09:45 -0700 (MST) From: Nate Williams <nate@mt.sri.com> To: Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org> Cc: chuckr@glue.umd.edu (Chuck Robey), hackers@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Commerical applications (was: Development and validation Message-ID: <199701220509.WAA23906@rocky.mt.sri.com> In-Reply-To: <199701220141.SAA20620@phaeton.artisoft.com> References: <Pine.OSF.3.95.970121193435.2287F-100000@professor.eng.umd.edu> <199701220141.SAA20620@phaeton.artisoft.com>
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Terry Lambert writes: > > > A weighted democracy would be one open-ended growth soloution, as > > > long as parametric changes could be made within the system. I have > > > suggested this before. A trivial napkin drawing version: > > > > This would so overcomplicate things that you would virtually guarantee no > > new members joining FreeBSD. Word of this would get around, most likely > > with appropriate scare stories, and folks would avoid the groups like they > > were plagued. It wouldn't matter if this actually was workable or not, > > the perception of thought police would be too strong. > > The "perception of thought police" is what we have now. > > What percentage "Linux vs. FreeBSD" usenet posts from the Linux side > of the fence have claimed "FreeBSD has closed developement"? I'll bet you that the number is closed to nil now. I haven't seen one in over 9 months on Usenet. Nate
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