Re: Interesting, MS has decided that perl is "viral"?

[Chip Salzenberg]

According to Brent Michalski:
> Man, wouldn't it just be nice if we got rid of all of the marketing
> and hype and just let the best programs/OSs/hardware win by natural
> selection?

People choose things for various reasons, including ideology.
Natural selection is messy.

Frankly, I'm fascinated.  I'm watching not just software, but
*licenses*, winning and losing by natural selection.  I could even
consider licenses as software that run in cultural environments.
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