Self destruction in open source systems (was Re: Linux: concerns over systemd [OT])

Wed Oct 22 23:58:47 UTC 2014

On 10/22/2014 06:01, Randy Bush wrote:
>>>> Which leads me to ask - those of you running server farms - what
>>>> distros are popular these days, for server-side operations?
>>> been running bsd forever.  but moving to debian and ganeti, as bsd
>>> does not host virtualization.
>> Simply not true; http://bhyve.org/
>> It is a bit immature compared to Xen+Ganeti or something like that.
>
> apologies.  i thought we were talking about production systems.  my
> mistake.

This may take us far enough away from BGP and prefix lengths to draw 
moderator fire, but it is a topic I would like to pursue somewhere.

What is it about seems to mandate that they develop a fatal rot from the 
inside out?

I don't have anything to add to the xxxxxX OSes (they Were Not Allowed 
when I was an active admin), but I have of late been grappling with what 
to do about replacing Firefox and Thunderbird in the four machines I 
have left in my world.

Early on I developed a fondness for Mosaic as a simple get-the-job done 
tool to add to elm and news to get the work done.

Netscape did a nice integration and I went with that until it went away.

Now I have Thunderbird and Firefox--from people who are committed to the 
notion that if it works, it must be replaced.  If people like it, it 
must be redesigned.  If it is stable, it must be updated.  If there is a 
useless, senseless "feature" somewhere in the world, these products must 
be revised to make that feature the focus.
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The fact that they are infallible; and,

The fact that they learn from their mistakes.

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