Just a minor nit: <quote> Though "survival of the fittest" is the catchphrase of natural selection, "survival of the fit enough" is more accurate. </quote>
https://evolution.berkeley.edu/evolibrary/misconceptions_faq.php#b6 Regards, - Robert On Thu, Sep 13, 2018 at 10:11 AM Tyrell Jentink <tyr...@jentink.net> wrote: > Fair enough; I read a quote a few days ago, but can't find it again to > properly cite... It was in reference to If Plan 9 Is Truly Better, Why > Linux? And it was to the effect of "The biggest risk to Great software is > Good Enough software," and that may be true... > > But getting "Stuck" on 1960s technology isn't "Progress" either... And at > what point should the world suck it up, and swallow the cost of upgrading > For The Greater Good? > > I also believe in competition, natural selection, and survival of the > fittest... 15 years ago, when I was first getting into Linux, I argued that > a heterogeneous population of hardware and software will encourage the > hurd-immunity of the whole network... I argued that me, personally using > Linux actually made the whole internet safer, as a particular threat is > unlikely to be effective against me, AND the Windows Users, AND the Mac > OS users, etc. The "Diversity" was a good thing. And I THINK the researcher > in the original security article was making a similar point: By encouraging > competition among similar but not identical implimentations, some will be > "Better" than others in certain ways, worse in others; Vulnerable to some > attacks, immune to others... But to hide it all away in the kernel prevents > competition... Interferes with the "Many Eyes" principle that Open Source > argues in favor of. > > I guess I'm concerned that there isn't enough competition to keep the > internet safe. I'm concerned that capitalism, and the acceptance of work > flows that "Technically work, and are cheap enough to not want better" is > the enemy at hand... > _______________________________________________ > PLUG mailing list > PLUG@pdxlinux.org > http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug > _______________________________________________ PLUG mailing list PLUG@pdxlinux.org http://lists.pdxlinux.org/mailman/listinfo/plug
