Re: Not "Satanism;" realism.

[Brett Glass <brett@lariat.org>]

At 01:24 PM 1/3/99 -0500, Mitch Stone wrote:
 
>A more diverse and fragmented industry would naturally discover 
>incentives to cooperate on the creation and maintenance of common, public 
>domain, low-level standards. 

I agree. Unfortunately, the goal of the GPL, as per Stallman, is
not to allow more choices but to take over -- in his words, to
"remove operating systems from the realm of competition."

Thus, if the GPL and Linux "win," we will actually lose -- just
as we do if Microsoft wins.

Hmmm. I think I need to flesh out the concept I described in
my earlier message: "The Fortress, The Cathedral, and The Bazaar."
It's becoming more and more apparent that this metaphor would
be useful in describing the current situation and potential
future developments.

--Brett