O ecosistema do Linux explicado por Linus
Numa recente
entrevista ao
SiliconValley.com, o criador do Linux Linus Torvalds explicou do seu ponto de vista o processo descentralizado e aberto que tem estado na base da evolução do sistema operativo
open-source desde o seu início em 1991, caracterizado pela participação de colectivos com interesses diferentes:
"It all boils down to hundreds of different groups. A group can be a
huge company that has an agenda. Or it can mean one person at a university
working on a research project. They have their own thing they want to fix.
All of these people make their modifications, and not all of them are
accepted. I see it as a kind of ecosystem. You have survival of the
fittest. Some changes work better. Sometimes it is for purely technical
reasons. It's just the right thing to do. Sometimes it is for personality
reasons. Some people who push their changes are more likely to get things
done because they are nicer about it. It's not really centralized. I am at
the center, but I don't direct any teams. All these people are trying to
pull me in different directions. Some groups pull together in the same
direction. It's a very dynamic situation."
Publicado por macaetano em julho 8, 2003 01:40 AM