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Comment by quotemstr

13 years ago

Nobody likes win32k, but it's there and it works.

Okay, you're in charge. Are you sure you can't find a better way to deploy shareholder capital than using it to remove win32k?

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Zigurd  13 years ago

"Okay, you're in charge. Are you sure you can't find a better way to deploy shareholder capital than using it to remove win32k?"

Could that be why developing an OS inside of a shareholder-owned corporation is inherently hobbled compared with developing it as an open source project?

  • kvb  13 years ago

    Open source projects have to prioritize resources, too. It's not like open source projects are known for their lack of cruft.

    • Zigurd  13 years ago

      > It's not like open source projects are known for their lack of cruft.

      True, but resource allocation is distributed between volunteer contributors, sponsored contributors who may have different sponsors, downstream consumers of a project, and people involved in project governance. That can make it easier to try new approaches.

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