[wplug] Anyone else read the NetBSD article?

[Greg Simkins]

Although I am completely unfamiliar with the technical issues, I found this 
article interesting as a microcosm of one of the major pitfalls with open 
source.  Without ownership, who will champion the product?  As much as 
people distrust Microsoft (including myself to an extent), they take 
ownership of their product and they fix it when broken.  I still feel I get 
the greatest value from Microsoft products.  As as good capitalist, I  don't 
put all my eggs in one basket - I am still working hard to get familiar with 
the Open Source world.  If Microsoft gains total dominance, the value I now 
enjoy can disappear quickly.

Greg


----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Bill Moran" <wmoran at potentialtech.com>
To: <wplug at wplug.org>
Sent: Friday, September 01, 2006 9:22 AM
Subject: [wplug] Anyone else read the NetBSD article?


>
> http://mail-index.netbsd.org/netbsd-users/2006/08/30/0016.html
>
> This has been causing a bit of a stir in the BSD communities.  I'm not
> sure I agree 100% with what he's saying -- I know that some of the cool
> new features in FreeBSD (rcng, for instance) were inherited from NetBSD.
>
> But it's interesting none the less.
>
> -- 
> Bill Moran
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