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Well that looks like a mess!
Actually to me that graph illustrates perfectly the strength of open source software. Freedom to fork and many options to choose from. Had this project been proprietary software, I shudder to think what that graph would look like.
It would look like Word Perfect
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panic: kernel trap (ignored)
Fork Tree (Score:5, Informative)
Well that looks like a mess! At least the re-mergers keep it from being a 100% textbook case of the xkcd on standards? [xkcd.com]
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Well that looks like a mess!
Actually to me that graph illustrates perfectly the strength of open source software. Freedom to fork and many options to choose from. Had this project been proprietary software, I shudder to think what that graph would look like.
Re:Fork Tree (Score:2)
It would look like Word Perfect