On Thu, Oct 19, 2006 at 06:52:15AM +0200, Tshepang Lekhonkhobe wrote: > On 10/18/06, s. keeling <keeling@spots.ab.ca> wrote: > >> > - At times, Debian can look like "OS by committee." Eeww. > >> > >> I don't properly understand. Which model do you prefer? > > > >For instance (in no particular order), Linus Torvalds, Larry Wall, > >Steve's Jobs and Wozniak, and Richard Stallman. Outliers who built > >something because it didn't exist and they wanted it to. > > Which model do you prefer (that won't make you 'Eeww')? I don't > properly understand. > > What was Steve Jobs' contribution to FLOSS? Hi Tshepang, from those names in the list, I think the point was not related to FLOSS but to people who 'think outside the box' or who create things that never existed before. cheers, Kev -- | .''`. == Debian GNU/Linux == | my web site: | | : :' : The Universal | debian.home.pipeline.com | | `. `' Operating System | go to counter.li.org and | | `- http://www.debian.org/ | be counted! #238656 | | my keysever: pgp.mit.edu | my NPO: cfsg.org |
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