[SLL] Actual Mainstream Criticism rather than just in the family here...

[Xeno Campanoli]

Mr.Scrooge wrote:

Maybe the guy is not mainstream, but I got it off of Google News, so it
may be foisted upon us as mainstream.


> I read this one and by the time i got to the end i
> felt like, he makes a couple of good points but he
> really doesn't get it. The implication that Linux is
> broken for instance, is in my opinion way off.  Maybe
> i am misguided but isn't the whole point that you CAN
> "roll your own". Google isn't fixing anything because
> there is nothing to fix. Google like Redhat builds its
> own Linux. The beauty of it,in my opinion, is that
> there is so much variety, so many different flavors,
> anyone anywhere can build their own. I guess if your
> into cut and paste software then it has no appeal, but
> has anyone compiled a list of all the devices that run
> a Linux kernel? No progress ? I see new devices coming
> out everyday that run linux. Why does Microsoft spend
> so much time and effort trying to discredit Linux if
> it presents no threat? The biggest problem Linux has
> is the people who take but give nothing back. The
> "developers" who want to make a buck off it without
> contributing to it. People want to use it but not have
> to release their code. Linux can be whatever you want
> it to be, do whatever you want it to do. Want some new
> functionality?Write the code and add it in. Does linux
> have flaws? Sure. What doesn't? Windows? Mac? No they
> have flaws too. The difference is that anyone,
> anywhere can fix the flaws in Linux. If people could
> do that with Microsoft or Apple then Linux wouldn't be
> here. 
> --- Xeno Campanoli <xcampanoli at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
>> http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/60792.html
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>> The only sustainable organizing methods focus not on
>> scale,
>> but on good design of the functional unit,
>> not on winning battles, but on preservation.
>>
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The only sustainable organizing methods focus not on scale,
but on good design of the functional unit,
not on winning battles, but on preservation.