On Tue, 10 Apr 2001, Ben Lutgens wrote: > On Tue, Apr 10, 2001 at 10:03:19AM -0500, Phil Mendelsohn wrote: > > > >The thing I'm curious about is, can Open Source development compete > >against the *HEAVILY* funded corporate deep wizardry? We're not talking > >about a couple of guys somewhere. The 40 year old papers he was looking > >at and the 80 years of history is funded, published, and owned largely by > >AT&T Research. > > Of course they can! Look at linux and *BSD's competing nose-to-nose with the > big corporate fleets of hackers. And holding thier own too I might add. > Granted this isn't an apples to apples comparison but it's a good example of > what the masses of "hobbyists" can accomplish. No matter what you wanna do, > there is a hacker out there who cares not about getting paid but will do it > for the challenge or for fun. Um, no offense, but there's a difference between building an operating system, which can be abstractly defined to do whatever you want it to and physical research. I haven't heard of too many open source moon shots, though there's probably more than a few of us that would love to dig in. > No matter how smart you are, and no matter how great your idea is; someone > smarter will come up with a better one. Can ya dig it? > > Can I get an amen brother!!! "Youth, enthusiasm, and talent are no match for old age and treachery." ;) That said, I'd still like to see Vorbis do it, but I won't put any money on 'em. Cheers, Phil -- "To misattribute a quote is unforgivable." --Anonymous