Frank Peters <frank.pet...@comcast.net> skribis: > However, I do remain cautiously optimistic. Anyone who understands > the human world knows all too well that idealistic causes do not > persist for long. I am sometimes surprised at the longevity of > Linux as a free and open project, but I realize that in time it too shall > succumb to the social forces that have destroyed similar endeavors. > I can only hope that the time will be long in coming.
I think the perhaps inevitable devolution may have more to do with the complacency that is why we use a bloated clone of Unix instead of something that is actually a fundamental advance on Unix. But this is speculative.
