It seems to me the situation with Linux is just as bad. There, the Linux IPOs make money off the efforts of people who improve the source too, because that makes their products more attractive.
Actually, there's an insidious incentive there though. The more bug free and user friendly Linux gets however, the less money those companies make in support. Which might explain the ever increasing sprawl of Linux code, especially buggy code.
I take it lots of poeple are objecting to the fact this is an 'all positive article'. I don't know, but I've seen plenty of blatant cheerleading articles on/. before, so maybe some more specific critism should be in order. What exactly do people not like about RtP?
-That it isn't completely OS? If that's a sticking point, then it's likely to remain one, because RtP won't go completely OS.
-That is doesn't yet have a huge feature set (drag and drop, DVD, etc?). Given that this is a pre-release verson, who expects those things? It's come very far in a short amount of time, and has some stuff that more mature OSs like Linux don't.
I for one have downloaded RtP for desktop use, and it's fast, responsive, and has a decent amount of features for a pre-release version. The included development system is, IMO, fantastic, especially the documentation.
I keep seeing comparisons to Be, which I don't think are completely off the mark, except for one major difference:
QNX has a proven track record and is attracting developers. Be isn't. Turns out, that's a pretty big difference
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It seems to me the situation with Linux is just as bad. There, the Linux IPOs make money off the efforts of people who improve the source too, because that makes their products more attractive.
Actually, there's an insidious incentive there though. The more bug free and user friendly Linux gets however, the less money those companies make in support. Which might explain the ever increasing sprawl of Linux code, especially buggy code.
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I take it lots of poeple are objecting to the fact this is an 'all positive article'. I don't know, but I've seen plenty of blatant cheerleading articles on /. before, so maybe some more specific critism should be in order. What exactly do people not like about RtP?
-That it isn't completely OS? If that's a sticking point, then it's likely to remain one, because RtP won't go completely OS.
-That is doesn't yet have a huge feature set (drag and drop, DVD, etc?). Given that this is a pre-release verson, who expects those things? It's come very far in a short amount of time, and has some stuff that more mature OSs like Linux don't.
I for one have downloaded RtP for desktop use, and it's fast, responsive, and has a decent amount of features for a pre-release version. The included development system is, IMO, fantastic, especially the documentation.
I keep seeing comparisons to Be, which I don't think are completely off the mark, except for one major difference:
QNX has a proven track record and is attracting developers. Be isn't. Turns out, that's a pretty big difference