Re: Linus Wannabees

>>>>> "Zenaan" == Zenaan Harkness <Mr> writes:

> My all-time biggest annoyance (this is more community than Linux per
> se) is the overt, excessive, ridiculous bloat of "new projects" that
> are similar, or the same as, some existing projects.

Well don't browse these sights if you find there content ridiculous. 

> Even for non-trivial stuff - eg. search freshmeat or sourceforge for
> php frameworks for example. Nearly 20 that possibly deserve further
> analysis.

Are you suggesting that the first person to come up with an idea gets
that space and if anybody else wants to try it a different way they
shouldn't be free to do so?

> That seems crazy to me.


reinvention, reengineering, mutation, and original design are all good
things and easily accomplished when GPL'd software is the basis.  What
your complaining about is exactly what makes Linus's OS so good. 

regards,

Mojo


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