Re: [9fans] /sys/include/ip.h 5c(1)

[W B Hacker <wbh@conducive.org>]

ron minnich wrote:
> On Tue, Oct 6, 2009 at 5:19 PM, Dave Eckhardt <davide+p9@cs.cmu.edu> wrote:
>
>> For something "nobody would want to do", there sure are a
>> lot of hits for "pcs750.bin".
>
> It's the difference between "nobody would want to do it" and "we don't
> want you do it" ;-)
>
> ron
>

To me, the 'meat' of the issue is not open vs closed - but rather the
evolutionary point wherein it is no longer about preserving a superior concept,
but the coming of a sort of circling of the wagons mentality because resistance
to change or innovation, preservation of 'backward compatibility', 'our way',
'standards' and 'incremental improvements' are all valued more highly than
taking risks of major change to adapt to a benefit centric world that doesn't
really care about the history or prestige of any given company or 'way'.

They just want 'stuff that works better' - and more cheaply, to boot.

As early as the 1960's, the term 'intellectual incest' was being applied, and
IMNSHO it seems to fit many F/OSS projects as easily as closed, commercial ones.

Bill Hacker