A Generation Lost in the Bazaar

Re:A Generation Lost in the Bazaar by rbanffy on Monday August 20, 2012 @01:44PM (#4408780)

Why would it make a difference whether ls is part of the operating system or not? It works.

And if, next week, I write a better ls, I can install it and use it.

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Re:A Generation Lost in the Bazaar by papsosouid on Monday August 20, 2012 @01:47PM (#4408793)

Would you mind simply reading the thread? You are inventing an argument that does not exist. I did not make a value judgement, I corrected an erroneous statement. Nothing more.

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Re:A Generation Lost in the Bazaar by rbanffy on Monday August 20, 2012 @02:04PM (#4408900)

I did read it. I just think the "complete OS" think doesn't really make sense. Is it superior because of it? More elegant?

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Re:A Generation Lost in the Bazaar by papsosouid on Monday August 20, 2012 @02:55PM (#4409172)

I do not how to make this any clearer for you. You said the reason his freebsd system works is because a bunch of independent components happen to fit together. This is false, and that is what I said. That's it. If you said 1+1=3 and I said "actually, 1+1=2" would you then insist on a giant thread of trying to create an argument about whether or not two is a good number?

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