What makes a successful program

Posted Oct 28, 2025 13:55 UTC (Tue) by jengelh (subscriber, #33263)
In reply to: cutting off their nose by corbet
Parent article: Python Software Foundation withdraws security-related grant proposal

But it so happens that we live in a world driven by economics, not (just) abilities.
Imagine LWN had writers who unavoidably shut down the server repeatedly because of an unmitigatable disadvantage tied to their writing prowess.