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8 More Linux Distributions for Web Server
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| 8 More Linux Distributions for Web Server:
| I've already shared with you a list of some
| of the best and most well-known Linux
| distributions used on web servers. However,
| there are still plenty of excellent server-
| oriented Linux distros that I failed to
| mention there. So I think it is important
| to make a follow up post and bring you
| another round of Linux distributions for
| web server.
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http://www.junauza.com/2010/06/linux-distributions-for-web-server.html
Meritocracy, Fate Or Anarchy
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| Many folks on a higher pay grade than mine
| tout that open source thrives as a
| Meritocracy. In this model, folks who are
| interested enough create a project and
| release the source under GPL/Whatever and
| if the project is "good" or "gooder" than
| other ones it has more merit and will
| advance to become more widely used etc. One
| interesting counter point to this made by
| Alain de Botton in his TED talk where if
| this rise due to merit, then things also
| sink due to it. Alain is not talking open
| source, but if we switch to that context,
| then if your project is not becoming
| successful, or you are struggling, then the
| Meritocracy eye balls would see that since
| you created the project, by implication you
| are scum.
|
| [...]
|
| Another good example of this is the Linux
| distributions who want a project for "Y"
| and decide to create a solution themselves
| rather than trying to adopt something that
| a committed developer has been working on
| for years. In some cases the "owning" the
| code can be more important than reuse, and
| most often the code is released under and
| open source license. But this be a fairly
| vicious demotivator for folks who were
| writing the existing "Y" solutions.
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http://monkeyiq.blogspot.com/2010/06/meritocracy-fate-or-anarchy.html
Recent:
The best helmsmen stand on shore
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| Bruce Byfield is completely unaware of this
| too. In his latest misguided rambling 'Open
| Source Projects and the Meritocracy Myth'
| he lists a number of major projects with
| paid developers. As if meritocracy is and
| should only be applied there.
|
| First, he obviously doesn't understand the
| full concept of meritocracy. Meritocracy in
| FOSS is about merits, not just "who is the
| best". If a paid developer can spend eight
| straight hours per day and provides most of
| the code he will obviously rise in the
| ranks, a fact that is clearly supported by
| the findings of the FLOSS polls, that
| infamous report that everybody likes to
| quote and nobody obviously read.
| Furthermore, in our capitalist world those
| who pay call the shots. The privilege that
| the community has is that if it doesn't
| like it, it can fork. Something that Eben
| Moglen recently confirmed.
|
| [...]
|
| Meritocracy is not the guiding principle of
| the FOSS ideology. It simply works best for
| these thousands of unpaid volunteers you're
| so eager to insult and attack on each and
| every opportunity you get. Proof? Here you
| got it. Source? FLOSS polls!
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http://thebeezspeaks.blogspot.com/2009/12/best-helmsmen-stand-on-shore.html
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