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Having strong personal convictions about security and architecture was one of the primary reasons that tinydns and qmail were the staples that they were.

Yes, they have been feature locked for a long time. But let's not pretend that collaboration in 1996 was anything like it is today. And let's not pretend that there haven't been a plethora of security issues in all kinds of software that simply haven't befallen Bernsteins' software as a direct result of how he managed the projects.

I had the distinct impression that "dominating the market" was never a thought in his mind. He wrote the software he wanted to write and shared it. It was good software. It's still being used by many people.

The man isn't infallable. He isn't always right. But whenever I paid attention to him, he was right a lot more frequently than he was wrong.

The fact that he wasn't driven by dollars or market dominance was a good thing.

I, for one, admire the man and his software.