From: John Alvord <jalvo@mbay.net>
To: Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
Cc: Jesse Pollard <jesse@cats-chateau.net>, Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>,
       Stephan von Krawczynski <skraw@ithnet.com>,
       Werner Almesberger <wa@almesberger.net>, miquels@cistron-office.nl,
       linux-kernel@vger.kernel.org
Subject: Re: [OT] Re: Troll Tech [was Re: Sco vs. IBM]
Date: Fri, 20 Jun 2003 12:35:41 -0700
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On Fri, 20 Jun 2003 09:45:24 -0700, Larry McVoy <lm@bitmover.com>
wrote:

>> so you are saying there should be only one OS.
>
>No, I'm saying that you should dream up new stuff on your own instead of
>complaining about the licenses of the software that other people dream 
>up.  If you want open source software, then *create* some.  If all you
>are able to do is copy some existing software, you're profoundly limited
>in what you can accomplish and you are really big trouble if your copying
>cuts off the supply of things to copy.
>
>It's sort of like saying "Daddy is paying for college but when you get 
>out of college you have to figure out how to make a living, you might
>want to start thinking about that".  In fact, it's a lot like that.

The flaw in this argument is that computing is driven by applications
and striking out in a new direction, free of legacy, gives you no
workload of any interest. That makes it a toy development in most
cases which satisfies some academics but few others.

john alvord
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