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McVoy Strikes Back

Posted by Zonk on from the them's-fightin-words dept.

cranos writes "Fast on the heels of his previous article claiming the kernel is at risk of Bad Things over the BitKeeper fuss, Daniel Lyons has released a new article where Larry McVoy attacks the Open Source movement as non-innovative and dependent on the kindness of corporations. The following quote says it all: 'The open source guys can scrape together enough resources to reverse engineer stuff. That's easy. It's way cheaper to reverse engineer something than to create something new. But if the world goes to 100% open source, innovation goes to zero. The open source guys hate it when I say this, but it's true.'"

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  1. But.... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    Thats just like your opinion man...

  2. Strong AI by vhold · · Score: 4, Funny

    An AI strong enough to replace non-trivial support will probably require a pyschologist from time to time.

    Luckily an AI strong enough to replace pyschologists has existed for quite a long time.

    1. Re:Strong AI by ded_guy · · Score: 5, Funny

      How do you feel about luckily an AI strong enough to replace pyschologists has existed for quite a long time?

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  3. Re:So, you programmers ready to give up your jobs? by E_elven · · Score: 4, Funny

    Apparently some people also manufacture delusions.

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