Date: Mon, 18 Sep 2000 22:34:19 -0600 From: Wes Peters <wes@softweyr.com> To: Carlos A M dos Santos <casantos@cpmet.ufpel.tche.br> Cc: Mike Doyle <relyod@co-operation-ireland.ie>, freebsd-advocacy@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Articles on the "Open Source" concept Message-ID: <39C6ECCB.9ED273D@softweyr.com> References: <Pine.BSF.4.21.0009181110230.20020-100000@gate.cpmet.ufpel.tche.br>
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Carlos A M dos Santos wrote: > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, Wes Peters wrote: > > > Carlos A M dos Santos wrote: > > > > > > You shoult take a look at "The Ethics of Free Software" for a less rosy > > > point of view: > > > > > > http://www.sdmagazine.com/features/2000/03/f4.shtml > > > > Heh, I've even referenced this article myself. I did, however, have > > the sense to point out Dr. Meyer contradicts himself several times in > > the course of this diatribe, even stooping so low as to perform > > *exactly* the same disservice he so thoroughly chides Eric Raymond > > for, in the process of chiding Eric. Upon contemplation, this is a > > poorly thought out impassioned plea masqeurading as a carefully > > written philosophical discourse. > > Of course it's a philosophical discourse, in the same sense that ESR's > "The Cathedral and the Bazaar" (CatB) is, but I could not find a single > lie in Meyer's article. CatB, OTOH is full of false assumptions about the > quality of "open source" software and is based on a distorted > interpretation of Fred Brook's book "The mythical man-month". CatB has no > scientific base. Did I in any way infer that it has an scientific base, or even any value? No. It is a poorly written and very poorly thought-out advertisement for Linux. Dr. Meyer's article is presented as a philosophical discourse, but in truth is a carefully worded ad hominem attack on Eric S. Raymond, which has NO place in public discourse about software development methodology. -- "Where am I, and what am I doing in this handbasket?" Wes Peters Softweyr LLC wes@softweyr.com http://softweyr.com/ To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-advocacy" in the body of the message
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