Re: A lot of choice is not always good
On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 10:06:02PM -0700, Dr Nick Jacobs wrote:
>
> --- Gary Turner <kk5st@swbell.net> wrote:
> > On Sun, 11 Aug 2002 13:35:57 -0700 (PDT), Dr Nick Jacobs
> > wrote:
> (about the 10 different ftp servers in Woody)
>
> > You may want to give this a bit more thought. Is this
> > "unnecessary
> > duplication of functionality" like sports cars, sedans,
> > limos, big
> > trucks, little trucks, dinghies, ultra large oil
> > carriers, bicycles, and
> > busses? They all carry a payload from here to there.
> > Some folks might
> > argue that there is a duplication of functionality here.
> > I wouldn't.
>
> The comparison is not valid, because the wide range
> of vehicles on the market offer different tradeoffs
> among price, performance, comfort, compactness,
> and capacity. There is much less variation in
> what an ftp daemon can provide. My original message
> made clear that I think there may be room for more
> than one. But there are 10. TEN. I'm saying that
> somebody could enhance the value of Debian by
> figuring out which 5 could be eliminated from
> the distro.
Why eliminate any? The whole idea of open source software is that it
scratches an itch. Just because it doesn't scratch your itch, or even
the itches of the "majority" doesn't mean that it isn't worthwhile. On
the other hand, perhaps Debian could adopt one of the FTP servers as the
"preferred FTP daemon" much like it seems exim is the preferred MDA.
- Chris
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