What ordinarily might have been an issue barely worth noticing became a loud, public dispute in Linux and BSD circles.
Seriously, is there anything that doesn't turn into a large, public dispute when the open source community (and their overly large egos) are involved? Whether its constant squabling over scheduler FUD, Linus Torvalds saying that security professional are just running around "wanging opinions", people freaking out about GPLv2 vs GPLv3 vs BSD, or this latest issue, it seems like we have sev
Seriously is there anything that doesn t turn into a large public dispute when the open source community and their overly large egos are involved Whether its constant squabling over scheduler FUD Linus Torvalds saying that security professional are just running around "wanging opinions" people freaking out about GPLv2 vs GPLv3 vs BSD or this latest issue it seems like we have several large ridiculous disputes a day. Why can t people in the FOSS movement just get along They like to bash Microsoft and talk about how it is attacking other developers companies 3rd party groups but FOSS can t even get along within its own movement. At least Microsoft doesn t attack itself.
What makes you think such behavior only applies to specific groups? Have you been to a Windows forum lately? I visit a DSRL forum regularly, and the Nikon and Canon camps jump down each others' throats regularly. Have you watched a political discussion on TV lately? It's just the way it is. Bigger movements sometimes gain too much momentum, interest groups sometimes get too emotional, fanboys tend to yell a lot. It's a lamentable fact of social life, but it is hardly specific to F/OSS.
Bigger movements sometimes gain too much momentum, interest groups sometimes get too emotional, fanboys tend to yell a lot.
Granted, all that is true. However, the difference I see is that FOSS is supposed to be striving for a higher calling. People like Richard Stallman pretty much elevate it to a religious/moral level. This isn't just some XBox fanboy telling a Nintendo fanboy how much better his console is than the Wii. Supposedly, FOSS is bigger/higher than those sorts of things. Yet we see these argum
Loud, Public Dispute As Usual (Score:1)
Seriously, is there anything that doesn't turn into a large, public dispute when the open source community (and their overly large egos) are involved? Whether its constant squabling over scheduler FUD, Linus Torvalds saying that security professional are just running around "wanging opinions", people freaking out about GPLv2 vs GPLv3 vs BSD, or this latest issue, it seems like we have sev
Re:Loud, Public Dispute As Usual (Score:2)
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Granted, all that is true. However, the difference I see is that FOSS is supposed to be striving for a higher calling. People like Richard Stallman pretty much elevate it to a religious/moral level. This isn't just some XBox fanboy telling a Nintendo fanboy how much better his console is than the Wii. Supposedly, FOSS is bigger/higher than those sorts of things. Yet we see these argum