On 2004-02-01 12:50:09 +0000 J <j.e.taylor@uea.ac.uk> wrote:
[Free Software because] we dont have to keep re-writing the wheel everytime we want to use one". If this is so, why are there so many programs which do the same thing as other programs, instead of all of the people who work on these con-current programs working together on one "good", "efficient" one?
I think you know the answer to this, really. Why are there so many people who are different but can do similar jobs, instead of all the people who do one of those jobs having the same "good", "efficient" DNA? -- MJR/slef My Opinion Only and possibly not of any group I know. Please http://remember.to/edit_messages on lists to be sure I read http://mjr.towers.org.uk/ gopher://g.towers.org.uk/ slef@jabber.at Creative copyleft computing services via http://www.ttllp.co.uk/