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Re:The struggles of an open source maintainer by jonathanberger on Friday May 17, 2019 @02:55AM (#19936965)
Unix. Email. TCP/IP. Just taking an initial stab.
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Re:The struggles of an open source maintainer by kbwt on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:36AM (#19937224)
All of those will be around not because they are good, but because so many other things are built against their interfaces.
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Re:The struggles of an open source maintainer by aeorgnoieang on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:38PM (#19942820)
Ultimately, what else is 'good' other than being the foundation of further far-flung flourishing?
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Re:The struggles of an open source maintainer by gloflo on Friday May 17, 2019 @03:49AM (#19937292)
Those are standards and protocols, not software.
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