[lug] Entropy and OSS.

[Jeffrey Haemer]

Dave,

FWIW, this is roughly analogous to one suggestion used for the evolutionary
driving force behind things like male-peacock tails.  Males with tails that
flashy, the argument goes, must be have great fitness in other areas to be
able to survive to sexual maturity with tails that costly.  (Females then
choose them because their daughters will, in consequence, be more likely to
get these other factors, so the average fitness of their offspring will be
greater.)

On Fri, Jan 16, 2009 at 4:57 PM, David L. Anselmi <anselmi at anselmi.us>wrote:

> This is a very funny rationale supporting Free Software:
>
>  Open models aren't better because disorganization, factionalism, and
>> infighting are good, but because models that can survive these things
>> are good.  Systems that must prevent these things for the sake of
>> their survival are not as resilient as those than can survive some
>> level of such silliness.
>>
>
>
> http://allium.zgp.org/pipermail/linux-elitists/2009-January/012712.html
>
> You probably don't want to read the whole thread.
>
> Dave
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