[ExI] Lack of interest

[Bryan Bishop]

On Tuesday 13 May 2008, Damien Sullivan wrote:
> > I don't see how that's a problem. We created money. It's our
> > monster.
>
> ...what?

For example:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian

"Debian (pronounced [ˈdɛbiən]) is a computer operating system composed 
entirely of software which is both free and open source. Its primary 
form, Debian GNU/Linux, is a popular and influential Linux 
distribution.[1] It is a multipurpose OS; it can be used as a desktop, 
laptop, or server.

Debian is known for strict adherence to the Unix and free software 
philosophies.[2] Debian is also known for its abundance of options — 
the current release includes over twenty-six thousand software packages 
for eleven computer architectures. These architectures range from the 
Intel/AMD 32-bit/64-bit architectures commonly found in personal 
computers to the ARM architecture commonly found in embedded systems 
and the IBM eServer zSeries mainframes.[3] Throughout Debian's 
lifetime, other distributions have taken it as a basis to develop their 
own, including: Ubuntu, MEPIS, Dreamlinux, Damn Small Linux, Xandros, 
Knoppix, Linspire, sidux, Kanotix, and LinEx among others.[4] A 
university's study concluded that Debian's 283 million source code 
lines would cost 10 billion USA Dollars to develop by proprietary 
means."

So $10 billion USD. Impossible, right? So when we extrapolate such an 
infrastructure to something larger, what changes? So now you have to 
work with matter, not just bits and bytes, so what? How'd the first 
people on the planet do it? They picked up rocks and the materials they 
found around them. I'm not saying scraps. I'm just suggesting that 
maybe there's a way to actually do it, and waiting for the government 
to do it hasn't worked out for us yet, so let's get going. (more on 
this later)

- Bryan
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