Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Wed 3rd Nov 2004 07:07 UTC
To paraphrase one of the best "Star Trek: The Next Generation" episodes, "Best of Both Worlds", both Arch Linux and Slackware represent the best of all the OS worlds: the power of traditional Unix, the elegance of BSD and the ease of mind of Mac OS X. This is an article outlining the differences between --what I believe-- are the two best Linux distros around today. Mind you though, "best" doesn't always mean "easy".
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More developers doesn't necessarily mean a better' distro. Look at Debian: thousands of package maintainers, and they still struggled to get an update to their *stable* distro out, let alone release Sarge. While Slackware with a team of three full time people keeps making stable, up to date releases.
There is a limit to how many people can work on a project before the weight of communications problems, internal politics and arguments cripples it.
Personally, I found Arch too buggy and Slackware too small for my uses, but I can see that they are both worthwhile projects.