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The monoculture of meritocracy

Posted Nov 17, 2012 16:53 UTC (Sat) by Jandar (subscriber, #85683)
In reply to: The monoculture of meritocracy by ortalo
Parent article: Crowding out OpenBSD

> And specifically, Linux should *stop* claiming these targets (because they are for the BSDs).

If anyone using linux has an itch to scratch in these areas, should it be forbidden for him/her to improve linux? Do we patronazingly say: go away, linux has to be awful in this so that *BSD can shine a little?

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Posted Nov 24, 2012 22:02 UTC (Sat) by mfedyk (guest, #55303) [Link]

I think we should call this initiative "no os left behind".

Unions for the developers would be good too.

The monoculture of set theory

Posted Nov 24, 2012 22:28 UTC (Sat) by neilbrown (subscriber, #359) [Link]

> Unions for the developers would be good too.

I prefer intersections. They let you work together without forcing you to.

The monoculture of set theory

Posted Nov 25, 2012 3:50 UTC (Sun) by Trelane (subscriber, #56877) [Link]

Personally, I prefer complements. Because I'm a contrarian.