Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Fri 31st Jan 2003 00:09 UTC
Well, we all have used Unix, in one form or another (maybe even through embeded products). But which one is your favorite flavor of Unix-based/Unix-alike OSes? Read more and vote! Update: SHAME on you, who ever you are: Messing/hacking with go2poll's code and altering the results in favor of FreeBSD. By doing so, you are doing MORE BAD than good to your favorite platform.
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Exactly.
I've been saying this for years. BSDL code leads to the quick spread of good standards. And this is what a lot of my linux buddies can't seem to understand. There's lots of great linux/gpl code but often it isn't used to it's full potential because of it's crappy license. There's some software where the GPL works okay on, but other pieces where it just doesn't make any sense to use it.
The only time the GPL seems to accel is when big companies (IBM) use it to their own advantage. Release some code as GPL and let the freesoftware world develop it for free. Yeah that's right. You guys go around saying how great the GPL is but I wouldn't be surprised if a lot of programmers lost their jobs because of it. Why pay a big software department to develop for you when you can pay a small team of developers in addition to the free labour of the OSS world?