I don't think they're stupid, some of them have something going on upstairs. I just think they've lost interest in this site, and I don't blame them. The community is too large, too dense, and suffers from a SERIOUS case of GROUPTHINK. It's not fun anymore...
If you don't know what GROUPTHINK is, I encourage everyone to look it up and consider it next time you come back to the site... It'll take some hard work to bring this place back from the depths of technology hell...
Hmm... So, to create the "best" processor, Intel needs to basically buy all the competitors or steal their employees? This sounds familiar, doesn't it? CoughMicrosoftCough!
But seriously though, I think the processor market is tougher to get into than the software market. And it's pretty tough to create an open-source, GPL microprocessor. And breaking into the market would be tougher than breaking the open-source OSes has been so far.
If Intel were to become a very-near-monopoly, would they exert the same pushiness that Microsoft does? I think so.
Anyway, just some things to consider when you're buying that new computer...
I have OpenBSD 2.7 installed on another of my computers. I think it's a great OS. Unfortunately, I find it's ports selection somewhat lacking. I'm glad to hear that there are more available in the new version... And always more on the way, no doubt.
I'm hoping that the people at OpenPorts are successful in unifying the ports collections. OpenBSD could really benefit from a selection of ports like FreeBSD...
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I don't think they're stupid, some of them have something going on upstairs. I just think they've lost interest in this site, and I don't blame them. The community is too large, too dense, and suffers from a SERIOUS case of GROUPTHINK. It's not fun anymore...
If you don't know what GROUPTHINK is, I encourage everyone to look it up and consider it next time you come back to the site... It'll take some hard work to bring this place back from the depths of technology hell...
But seriously though, I think the processor market is tougher to get into than the software market. And it's pretty tough to create an open-source, GPL microprocessor. And breaking into the market would be tougher than breaking the open-source OSes has been so far.
If Intel were to become a very-near-monopoly, would they exert the same pushiness that Microsoft does? I think so.
Anyway, just some things to consider when you're buying that new computer...
I'm hoping that the people at OpenPorts are successful in unifying the ports collections. OpenBSD could really benefit from a selection of ports like FreeBSD...