This is interesting. The image it gives of Linux is more than a little outdated and/or out of touch, even for 2005; the author apparently hasn't touched Debian (!) which makes his criticisms of Linux installation and maintenance of packages a bit unfair, I think. Aptitude was out there doing its thing more than a decade ago; I figure he must have more professional than personal experience with Linux, since Red Hat distros seem to be his big point of contact. Really, rpm is nice, but it's not the ideal or even the common Linux model for package distribution - and the Linux model, it should be noted, is more similar to Portage than I think he realizes. Everything - everything! - updates automatically, all at once, with Aptitude within one or two short commands, and this was just as true in 2005 as it is now.<p>But it's a great article if only because it gives a good picture of how the BSD world sees things, a picture that we don't get enough of these days.<p>And anyway: bazaars are nice, but sometimes cathedrals can be much more pleasant. They're quieter, and often a lot more beautiful. Heh.