[ossig] [myoss] The Virtues of Monoculture

[Ditesh Kumar]

On Thu, 2007-04-26 at 17:41 +0800, Dinesh Nair wrote:
> for starters, i didnt write the article. i just forwarded it into the list.

i know that. this article has received much publicity across the
internet. it was even on slashdot even.

> which isnt a bad thing considering that the enterprise market demands
> such. 

certainly.

> both these issues can be fixed by proper architecture of the software
> system. proper architecture can break the system into a collection of
> interoperable components, with each subsystem having its own leaders,
> ideas and development tracks. as long as the interfaces between the
> components are engineered and released well, the architecture will come
> together producing something greater than the sum of its parts. 

sure but as these go, it's easier said then done :)

> this is the core of what the original author was bitching about, the
> reason behind a fork. when something is reinvented or forked because of
> license conflicts or ego related issues, then its counter productive. my

such is the nature of human beings, and it can't be avoided. it has
happened in the fsf community, in the gpl community, in the bsd
community, and in the mpl community.

i'd rather let the fork happen and let further development take place
instead of allowing projects to die a stagnant death.

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