The use of computers doesn't make all branches of science "computer science" any more than the use of metal makes everything metallurgy, or the use of wrench makes everyone an automechanic.
Computers are a tool. Computer science is the study of that tool, not any field that happens to use it.
The problem with the Web isn't that there was anything wrong with it, but instead that people who didn't understand it wanted a piece of it. Instead of learning to use it, learning how it worked, etc., they just threw money at it. Dotcom startups could have whatever they wanted, because nobody knew what they did, how long they could do it, and how much demand there was for it.
The zeal started to wear off when people began to realize that the Web is a real thing, not an imaginary concept. It has limits. It is finite. Once tech-ignorant investors started realizing this, they pulled their money back out.
Dotcoms fell, and took with them the industry that had developed overnight to support them. Hardware and software companies were hit hard because they overestimated the boom. Everyone got caught up in the frenzy and started making bad decisions.
The Web is still here. It is still growing at a steady rate in size, usefulness, and publicity. In ten years, it will still be here, and will still be growing.
I don't think that multiple Linux distros are beneficial because instead of having everyone contribute to the same project, they are contributing to their own projects which just happen to have a kernel in common.
You have said that multiple distros are in accordance with the principle of "everyone puts a piece in", but I disagree -- Everyone is contributing pieces, but to different projects
I don't think that multiple Linux distros are beneficial because instead of having everyone contribute to the same project, they are contributing to their own projects which just happen to have a kernel in common.
Some here have said that multiple distros are in accordance with the principle of "everyone puts a piece in", but I disagree -- Everyone is contributing pieces, but to different projects.
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Computers are a tool. Computer science is the study of that tool, not any field that happens to use it.
Duh
The zeal started to wear off when people began to realize that the Web is a real thing, not an imaginary concept. It has limits. It is finite. Once tech-ignorant investors started realizing this, they pulled their money back out.
Dotcoms fell, and took with them the industry that had developed overnight to support them. Hardware and software companies were hit hard because they overestimated the boom. Everyone got caught up in the frenzy and started making bad decisions.
The Web is still here. It is still growing at a steady rate in size, usefulness, and publicity. In ten years, it will still be here, and will still be growing.
Still, the movie was pretty cool!
I don't think that multiple Linux distros are beneficial because instead of having everyone contribute to the same project, they are contributing to their own projects which just happen to have a kernel in common. You have said that multiple distros are in accordance with the principle of "everyone puts a piece in", but I disagree -- Everyone is contributing pieces, but to different projects
Some here have said that multiple distros are in accordance with the principle of "everyone puts a piece in", but I disagree -- Everyone is contributing pieces, but to different projects.