I particularly found the following caption funny:
--
And though open source software may be "free," sometimes you get what
you pay for, McVoy says. "Open source software is like handing you a
doctor's bag and the architectural plans for a hospital and saying,
'Hey dude, if you have a heart attack, here are all the tools you
need--and it's free,'" McVoy says. "I'd rather pay someone to take
care of me."
--
see:
http://www.forbes.com/execpicks/2005/05/26/cz_dl_0526linux.html
rgds
ernest
Ernest Byaruhanga wrote the following on 05/31/2005 04:47 PM:
Mark Tinka wrote the following on 05/31/2005 03:57 PM:
On Tuesday 31 May 2005 15:54, joachim Gwoke wrote:
mr. ernest you are right when you say linus gets to
approve what goes into the linux kernel as a patch or
other. word has it that he and a core of kernel
developers have access to something called the cvs;
some open source development management utility they
use for their kernel work .
Since 2002, Linux creator, Linus Torvalds, and
thousands of Linux programmers have enjoyed free use
of a development tool called BitKeeper. But as of
July, BitKeeper's creator, Larry McVoy, will stop
providing free software and support to the Linux
effort.
well, we all know Linux is opensource, but surely, some folk make
zillions of money out of it. This includes Novell, RedHat, Xandros,
Mandriva/rake, etc.. cant these guys colelctively pay 500,000 $ pa to
bitkeeper???
rgds
ernest
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