Definitely commands better salaries than us pitty DEs.

I'm not sure how decentralization helps though. People in a bazzar are going to care even less about sharing shadow knowledge. Linux IMO succeeds not because of the bazaar but because of Linus.

Decentralization is resilience; that's why the internet even works at all. That was the entire point of it, in fact.

You don't keep a bazaar running with shadow knowledge. Either the important things are published or it doesn't run.

What is the shadow knowledge in this case?

Also curious, since the bazaar seems to be where one acquires shadow knowledge (grey market items, support structures for unregistered people etc.). See Chungking Mansions in Hong Kong for a practical example.

I kinda think most companies out there are like that. Moving fast is the motto I heard the most.

They are probably OK with occasional breaks as long as customers don't mind.

I picked the same strategy for Windows. I remember I was still on 2000 when XP is hot, and still on XP when 8 is available, and now I use 10 and this is going to be my last Windows as 11 is too shitty and I suspect 12 and beyond are going to be worse.

What does Asahi lack for M1 boxes? I bought a used M1 pro and is itchy to try it out!

The two big things missing for me are fingerprint scanning and 120 hz display.

Thanks, looks like fine for me at the moment.

Is it true there is a rumor about the next release being mostly a bug/perf fix?

Apple iOS 27 to Be No-Frills ‘Snow Leopard’ Update, Other Than New AI

https://archive.is/puYFU

Actually Windows would be much more lovely if MSFT keeps the Windows 7 core and just release security fixes and bug fixes. In the forseeable future, 64-bit should be enough. And I already had everything I need on Windows 7.

Windows audience will always be split between the people that loved it for what it is (Win7), and those who tolerate it as long as it plays nice with everything else (*nix subsystem, latest hardware etc)

The win7 audience is IMHO shrinking the fastest, while the other camp has nowhere to go and is less demanding, making it an easier customer base.

Having read Showstoppers a few times, I wish Apple had a David Cutler that mows on developers' asses if their code is too buggy.

Kinda all large system projects need someone similar to get things done properly.

Once having validated that it was not the product manager, or whatnot manager that decided that it was good enough to go, yes, sure, but are developers given the time to root out bugs?

Can you please elaborate the str of Freebsd vs Linux?

Good luck!