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Kamp: A Generation Lost in the BazaarKamp: A Generation Lost in the BazaarPosted Aug 20, 2012 15:20 UTC (Mon) by thumperward (guest, #34368)In reply to: Kamp: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar by jmorris42 Parent article: Kamp: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar
> So we get UNIX haters with commit access to the core cultural artifacts of UNIX
Who are these "UNIX haters", and what "commit access" do they have to "the core cultural artifacts of UNIX"?
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Kamp: A Generation Lost in the Bazaar Posted Aug 20, 2012 17:23 UTC (Mon) by theophrastus (guest, #80847) [Link]
I suspect that detailed reply to this question is most likely to run this otherwise very interesting discussion in a less productive direction. (hint: search previous LWN comment sections which went two sigma in number)
Personally, i've always seen the cathedral versus the bazarr metaphor as ersatz for rules-based versus crisis (entropic) evolution. both are necessary, the latter to get out of local minima. ((must resist making scifi references to babylon-5 or dune..[grit]))
Perhaps we're just at a point where the pendulum of activity should swing back toward the rules-based "priest hood" (and Poul-Henning Kamp is a voice in the wilderness...)? That is, progress is not ever going to be monotonic.
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