Etsi, klhronomhsa to popclient. To idio shmantiko htan oti klhronomhsa kai toys xrhstes toy. Einai polu kalo na exeis xrhstes ki oxi mono epeidh dhlwnoyn pws ikanopoieis mia anagkh toys, h oti kaneis kati swsto. An antimetwpis8oun katallhla, mporoun na ginoyn synergates sthn anaptyjh ths efarmoghs.
Mia allh dunamh ths paradoshs toy Unix, poy to Linux w8ei sta oria ths, einai oti polloi xrhstes einai epishs kai hackers. Epeidh o phgaios kwdikas einai eleu8eros, mporoun na ginoyn apotelesmatikoi hackers. Kati tetoio mporei na apodeix8ei ejairetika xrhsimo gia thn meiwsh toy xronoy aposfalmatwshs [debugging]. Me ligh en8arrynsh, oi xrhstes sas 8a diagnwsoyn problhmata, 8a proteinoyn dior8wseis kai 8a boh8hsoyn sthn beltiwsh toy kwdika, polu pio grhgora apo to na to kanate monos sas xwris boh8eia.
6) H antimetwpish twn xrhstwn san synergates programmatistes einai o ligotero epikindynos dromos pros thn grhgorh beltiwsh toy kwdika kai thn apotelesmatikh aposfalmatwsh.
H dunamh ayths ths apochs eukola mporei na ypoektimh8ei. Sthn pragmatikothta, polloi apo emas ston kosmo toy anoixtou kwdika ypoektimoume se dramatiko ba8mo to poso kalutera 8a ayjanomastan se ari8mo xrhstwn ki enantia sthn polyplokothta twn systhmatwn, mexri otoy o Linus Torvalds mas edeije oti ta pragmata mporoun na einai kai diaforetika.
Nomizw oti to pio ejypno kai apotelesmatiko kator8wma [hack] toy Linus, den htan h kataskeyh toy idioy toy pyrhna toy Linux alla, mallon, h efeuresh toy monteloy anaptyjhs Linux. Otan, paroysia toy, ejefrasa ayth thn apoch ekeinos xamogelase kai sigana epanelabe kati poy syxna elege: "Basika, eimai polu tempelhs an8rwpos poy toy aresei na toy anagnwrizoyn pragmata poy alloi an8rwpoi ekanan". Tempelhs san gatos. H, opws 8a elege o Robert Heinlein, polu tempelhs gia na apotuxei.
Ek twn ysterwn, ena prohgoumeno ths me8odoy ki epityxias toy Linux mporei na 8ewrh8ei h anaptyjh ths biblio8hkhs GNU Emacs Lisp kai twn arxeiwn kwdika Lisp [Lisp code archives]. Se anti8esh me to ka8edriko-megaleiwdes styl toy C pyrhna toy Emacs kai twn perissoterwn ypoloipwn ergaleiwn FSF, h ejelijh toy kwdika ths Lisp htan reysth kai ejarthmenh apo toys xrhstes. Diafores idees kai leitoyrgies prwtotupwn syxna janagrafontan treis h tesseris fores prin katalhjoyn se mia sta8erh morfh. Kai oi xalares synergasies, mesw toy Internet, ala Linux, hsan syxnes.
Pragmatika, to pio epityxes proswpiko kator8wma mou, prin apo to fetchmail, htan isws to Emacs VC mode, mia Linux-oidhs synergasia mesw hlektronikou taxydromeioy triwn an8rwpwn, ek twn opoiwn mono enan (ton Richard Stallman, ton kataskeyasth toy Emacs kai idryth toy FSF) gnwriza ws ekeinh th mera. Htan mia leitoyrgia front-end gia SCCS, RCS kai, argotera, CVS mesa apo to Emacs, poy epetrepe xeirismous elegxoy ekdoshs "me ena aggigma" ["one-touch"]. Anaptux8hke apo mia mikrh, axarh leitoyrgia sccs.el, poy eixe gracei kapoios allos. Kai h anaptyjh toy VC petyxe, epeidh, anti8eta me to idio to Emacs, o kwdikas toy Emacs Lisp mporouse na perasei grhgora mesa apo diadikasies ekdoshs / dokimhs / beltiwshs.
Ena anapantexo, deytereuwn apotelesma ths politikhs toy FSF gia nomimh sundesh kwdika mesa sto GPL htan oti, ginotan diadikastika olo kai pio duskolo gia thn FSF na xrhsimopoihsei thn xalarh / pazariwtikh leitoyrgia, afou oi an8rwpoi ths FSF pisteyan oti prepei na apokthsoyn copyright efarmoghs gia ka8e jexwristh dianomh perissoterwn apo eikosi grammwn kwdika, wste na prostatecoyn ton kwdika GPL apo toys nomoys gia to copyright. Osoi askhsan pneymatika dikaiwmata xrhsimopoiwntas tis adeies twn konsortsia BSD kai MIT X den exoyn tetoia problhmata. Den prospa8oun na ejasfalisoyn dikaiwmata, poy o ka8enas 8a mporouse na exei kinhtra na prokalesei.