Re: A lot of choice is not always good
--- Chris Kenrick <chrisk@aurema.com> wrote:
> On Sun, Aug 11, 2002 at 10:06:02PM -0700, Dr Nick Jacobs
> wrote:
> (about the 10 different ftp servers in Woody)
> 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.
Identifying one (or two) of the 10 as the "preferred
FTP daemon(s)" would be worthwhile.
As for "why eliminate any?", the multiplicity is not
without cost. First, the more users a program has, the
more likely it is that bugs will be uncovered (and
fixed). So fragmenting the user base among too many
different implementations will tend to slow down
the rate at which bugs get found and fixed.
Second, there's simply the number of CDs, or size
of the downloads, in the distro.
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