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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.carno.net.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!news.rmit.EDU.AU!news.unimelb.EDU.AU!munnari.OZ.AU!news.mel.connect.com.au!news.mel.aone.net.au!grumpy.fl.net.au!news.webspan.net!newsfeeds.sol.net!newspump.sol.net!mindspring!usenet From: bboone@mindspring.com Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Subject: Re: Linux vs whatever Followup-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc,comp.unix.bsd.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy Date: 1 Feb 1997 04:21:04 GMT Organization: lack thereof Lines: 28 Message-ID: <5cugbg$775@camel2.mindspring.com> References: <32DFFEAB.7704@usa.net> <5c155c$p6u@raven.eva.net> <5qC7y0gTzDLB091yn@ibm.net> NNTP-Posting-Host: user-168-121-31-161.dialup.mindspring.com X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] Xref: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au comp.os.linux.misc:154724 comp.os.linux.networking:66417 comp.os.linux.setup:94292 comp.unix.bsd.bsdi.misc:5766 comp.unix.bsd.misc:2072 comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy:51211 comp.os.os2.advocacy:263990 Mouth of the South (mouth@ibm.net) wrote: : In article <32EA25AB.41C67EA6@freebsd.org>, : "John S. Dyson" <dyson@freebsd.org> wrote: : This is the compelling appeal of Linux. It has reached "fusion," a merging : of diverse elements into a unified whole. Its "energy" output increases : with the growth of its user base, and as more users write device drivers, : apps, and other contributed code, they increase its energy output. This in : turn attracts more users in a continuing cycle of fusion energy. I am a software tinkerer/devloper at heart and when I found Linux (with source for everyting available), I was like a kid in a candy store. I am used to environments where you get little if any source code, and have to write everything yourself from scrach (maybe using libraries) or put up with what is available on the market. Every product I have installed on my system, I have downloaded source and compiled with very little problem. Where I did have problem, I have tinkered with the source and got it working quickly. With Linux, I feel I am standing on the shoulders of very generous giants, and hope to one day contribute some code to the cause. (It's much scarier giving away source code than object. With compiled code no one sees your questionable decisions, lack of documentation, and laziness). When I do release something to GNU it will have to be to a higher standard. Long live GNU, Long live Linux