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OSS Unix: Dividing & Conquering Itself

Posted by Hemos on from the avoiding-the-monoculture dept.

(Score.5, Interestin writes "Security guru Marcus Ranum has some interesting thoughts about how a continuing lack of consistency among Unix systems (and particularly Linux) is hurting Linux (and remaining commercial Unix vendors like Sun) and helping Microsoft. Admittedly this has been said before, but no-one else quite manages to phrase things the way Marcus can."

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  1. no solution by fresont · · Score: 1, Flamebait

    This is a legitimate issue, but it has no solution as long as opensource development continues to be done by insecure "14 year olds" who have no understanding of enterprise needs. The only solution I can see is for more corporate involvement , sponsorship, and ultimately leadership.