On Fri, 9 Nov 2001, Jamin W. Collins wrote: > Jeremy C. Reed wrote: > > >Using lots of simple tools (versus bloatware) is not always the best, most > >stable, or easiest way. > > > There have been a few people that have claimed this. However, I've yet > to see any sound examples where the simple tools combined together for a > task were not better at it than some (as you put it) "bloatware" > package. I'm sure it goes without saying, but just to make 100% we are > comparing "best-of-breed" applications here right?
I am not sure of the definition or examples of "'best-of-breed' applications". But, as an example, in some cases, using perl (bloatware) is easier than using a bunch of Bourne scripts, awk scripts, sed scripts, etc. to do the same job. Another example: In many situations, using Netscape Navigator or KDE's Konqueror is easier or more pleasant (but not more stable) than using links, w3m or lynx. (Or should I compare lynx with w3get?) (I use links for most of my surfing!) And another: Using Exim to handle mail transfer, filtering and delivery is easier and usually faster than trying to combine a variety of MTA, procmail (and like tools). > >On that note, I see that bbkeys is viral GPL'd and our great blackbox is > >using the noble BSD-style license. As it is, bbkeys can not (should not) > >go back into blackbox. (Which is sad -- because I like bbkeys > >functionality, but I prefer it to be part of blackbox.) > > > What is so bad about GPL'ing something? Personally, if I decide to give > away my code (which I have), I like knowing that any enhancements to it > are public domain. "Public domain" is great!!! I am glad you chose public domain; be sure your code says "public domain". GPL is NOT public domain. Spend some time reading about GPL, public domain, BSD licensing. http://www.bsdnewsletter.com/bsd/license.html and search via google. Jeremy C. Reed ...................................................... ISP-FAQ.com -- find answers to your questions http://www.isp-faq.com/
