Whenever I see something like
"Open source is what made chat, web site building, the whole Internet
possible.
Open source is why all your Unix boxes can compile something that works
equally well on every system, using guess what, GCC, instead of the
original
proprietary C compilers by each vendors which were completely
incompatible.
Open source is what created great products like Firefox, Open Office
and the
Apache web server, the server behind the vast majority of web sites."
I am reminded of the opening paragraph in the BBC Radio Audio Help
Advice for Unix/Linux users, http://www.bbc.co.uk/radio/audiohelp_nix.shtml:
"We have found that the Real Player plugin, which is used by the BBC
Radio Player,
may or may not function fully depending on a combination of what
flavour of
unix/linux you are using, which browser you are using, which version of
browser
you are using, and which version of GCC built the plugin during
installation."
On Mon Dec 12 16:56:48 EST 2005, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> it's monday, after all. some light reading:
>
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/2005/12/12/otto_linux_flyletters/
