Choosing between portability and innovation
Choosing between portability and innovation
[Development] Posted Mar 2, 2011 17:34 UTC (Wed) by koenvervloesem
Portability is a key concept in the open source ecosystem. Sometimes, though, portability has been sacrificed, either explicitly or implicitly, in the interest of innovation. New features are often added in a Linux-only way that makes it difficult for other free operating systems (notably the BSD family) to keep up. Subscribers can click below for guest author Koen Vervloesem's analysis of several examples where new Linux features that have made life more difficult for the BSD world.