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> On Wednesday 05 July 2006 12:33, Ben Goodger wrote: > > Microsoft software does that; open-source software doesn't. > This is a classic case of where opinions differ - mine differs to yours in > this respect. I do believe some open source software suffers from bloatware. > I don't need to rubbish you or your opinions I just disagree. I don't think that open-source or proprity software has aything to do with bloatware (or the ability of a project to become bloated). Its all down to managment or the lack of it in a project. If a project is misconceieved or mismanaged it can be come bloated and run out of control. There are numerious pros and cons here for both sides of the argument but it fundimentaly comes down to design and managnment which is independent of the open/closed model of development. The one thing about linux and prehapse this is more generic to unixes, both properity and free is the fact that everything is layered much more that it is under windows for example. This tends to lead to small to the point command line apps that "just do a job" these are often extended into a GUI project by a GUI wrapper being written. Things are built on other things. The windows development model is that eveything is pretty much wired up and down to the kernel, IE for example is pretty hooked in there, there are not really clean lines of seperation and this tends to lead to massive projects that are bloated. I suspose with the *nix model of developement many small apps and features may be developed but these can die a natural death if not required/ crap where as features built directly into a larger app tend to linger in there if not required any more (unless someone efficient and organised is looking after the source code). But this is not to say that *really* bloated projects cannot be done under linux its all down to managment! Best regards Robin -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html