Go Russ

Posted Feb 11, 2005 5:56 UTC (Fri) by dmag (guest, #17775)
In reply to: Interview: OSI's new president by RussNelson
Parent article: Interview: OSI's new president

Amen.

The dominant player in any niche tends to be complex (Sendmail, Apache, Bind, Samba, Perl, etc.). In some instances (Apache, Samba), the complexity is shallow: Most simple problems can be solved in minutes. In other instances (Sendmail, GRASS), the complexity is deep: Some simple problems require days of research.

I think it's like UNIX. There are very few word processors (even text mode ones like Word Perfect) for UNIX because UNIX attracts the kind of people who don't use word processors. Beyond a certian complexity barrier, the situation just gets hopeless, I think.