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Update: In the two years since I wrote this, Garrett has taken over the project and disputes a lot of things in this post. You can read his point of view here nanomsg was a once-bright alternative to ZeroMQ. The project had a lot going for it: It was a rewrite by the original author. […]

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I meet a lot of developers who have bought into the hype about open source. It’s great! It’s going to save the world from the perils of proprietary software! Or failing that, just produce free, high-quality software for many conceivable purposes. I’m a little more skeptical. But I’ve not read a proposal that adequately addresses […]

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