Μία νίκη του Open Source με συναισθηματική σημασία

[Άγγελος Οικονομόπουλος]

On Monday 30 December 2002 23:59, fateswarm wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2002 at 10:58:26PM +0200, V13 wrote:
> > On Monday 30 December 2002 18:09, fateswarm wrote:
> > > Tyxainei na uparxoun polla endiaferonta atomo se web forums kai de
> > > prepei na stamatame tis sizitiseis mazi tous pros xarin ths skepshs
> > > "oi mailing lists einai pio generic, unix, ka8ares opos to usenet"
> > > klp klp anohsies
> >
> > Opos to dei kaneis.. ego blepo anoisia to na prospatheis na
> > anakalypseis ton troxo apo tin arxi... Den einai tyxaio to oti kata
> > kanona ta 'forums' einai protimisi atomon poy den exoyn kai poly sxesi
> > me to athlima (den anaferomai stoys xristes alla se aytoys poy ta
> > stinoyn.
>
> katse re, asxetoi einai autoi pou stinoun to slash tou slashdot? (oxi
> mono forum, alla to periexei). apo tin alli, genika de kseris ti kseri
> kapoios kai pioi einai oi logoi tous na grapsoun ena web forum.
>
> to na les p.x. "opoios grafei drivers einai kalos, opoios kanei web
> forums einai asxetos" akougete ratsistiko

auto anthxei mono mesa sto kefali sou (klasika).

> apo tin alli kseroume polous pou stelnoun low level stuff ston torvalds
> kai de kseroun tipota. prosopika den grafw (sxedon) tipota (kai de me
> poluendiaferei), alla ksero na diabasw ti katsada pou trone sth mailing
> list tou kernel merikoi.

nai, auto einai ena basiko problhma, diabazeis thn katsada apo 2-3 main 
developers kai den exeis idea giati th ri3ane. an p.x. kapoios katsei kai 
3anagrapsei to miso core se c++, nai men exei kanei apisteuth malakia kai 
8a basanizetai aiwnia sta kazania ths kolashs, alla "den 3erei tipota" 
einai mallon o teleutaios xarakthrismos pou mporeis *esu* na tou apodwseis.

paradeigmata gia pio low-level stuff (page coloring ktl) available on 
demand.

> se anti8esh me kapoious programmatistes web
> forums pou kanoun gia ta matia tis `elite' aplh doulia, alla toulaxiston
> ginete swsta

i) ta idia skata douleia ginetai.
ii) 8a htan endiaferon, etsi gia allagh kapoia apo tis robes pou sugkrinei 
ta forums me to kernel programming na eixe mia idea *estw* gia ta forums. 
kai, upopsin, egw den eimai apo autous pou uposthrizoun oti to kernel 
programming einai duskolo/magiko/mono gia mousatous oualous pou blepoun ton 
hlio mono otan pane na parakolou8hsoun ekleipsh.

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