>From: Andy Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Plurality is the nature of open source, and it's an additive process, >not a subtractive one. Template Toolkit doesn't take away from >Mason. Devel::*Prof don't take away from Devel::DProf. Perlbuzz >doesn't take away from use.perl.org. Perl 6 doesn't take away from >Perl 5. Perl didn't take away from awk and shell. vim doesn't take >away from emacs.
I think this is a bit oversimplified. These things can and do take resources from each other, whether we like to admit it or not. That taking of resources can leave a better final state than when we began, but at a cost.
