Re: Open source is leading to single source
Open source is a totalitarian dream. It means you can't have competitive advantages
So there's only one Linux distribution, and the BSDs are not different operating systems?
More and more developers just reuse some bad library, or copy shitty code.
Would not dispute that shitty developers have shitty processes, and expose their shitty code to public view, for others to copy. But eventually, some of it gets fixed.
I think you will find that closed source is far worse - not only is shitty open source code copied without crediting the actual authors, it is not updated when the open source version is fixed.
Because writing their own code is too expensive and time consuming. affects closed source every bit as much as open source - probably more so - many open source contributors write the code because they want the code, and then open source it so others will help maintain it. (I speak for myself here). Closed source code is just not fixed. (Have you ever phoned in a bug report to MS and got a fix?)
Biting the hand that feeds IT
