Thread: Open source vs confidential products
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BoxOfSnoo is offline BoxOfSnoo
2009-04-19 , 18:13
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#16
Originally Posted by lcuk View Post
Linux was not developed initially by a community, it was grown by one person.
Huh? Not the Linux I know... it started out by one person, but he put up sources immediately and as far as I can tell, accepted code since version 0.02. It was *managed* by one person, but I seriously doubt he could have done it all on his own.

Originally Posted by lcuk View Post
There are very few projects that go from inception to completion in the hands of the greater community offering patches and tweaks.
See also: Debian.

Both of these examples throw the code and binaries wide open, but have some very focused controls at the *official* release point.

I have good hopes for Mer, though.