On 08/03/2011 14:19, Manu Abraham wrote:
> Again, important projects aren't just that dangling. If it is closed
> somebody would have just mirrored it. The point is that thing that was
> closed wasn't too important in the view of a larger number of people,
> but in your single point f view it might have been.

Who decides the importance?

Popularity isn't the same as importance.

The "larger number" of people can often be wrong.

The whole issue of "FOSS" is better is overstated.

Some FOSS *is* better. But in advance it can be hard to say. Hindsight=20
is easy.

By definition you will claim the projects still available in 20 years=20
are "Important" and the lost ones obviously of no value or "someone"=20
would have done something.
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