On 29/08/11 2:03 PM, William Donzelli wrote:
I think what
he means is that open source file formats tend to be less
opaque than others because you have the data definition and the
associated behavior as open source code.
That does not matter. My point is that open source projects have a
tendency to be sloppy and uncontrolled. Sure, there are some great
open source things out there,
That's an understatement. Open source powers almost the entire web and
its infrastructure. One wouldn't know when to stop listing: DNS, http,
RDBMS, SMTP, just about every acronym out there has a best of breed open
source server. Then we can talk about gcc, *BSD, Linux, ...
Just all rubbish, isn't it.
--Toby
but after they have had their run and
interest has waned, then maybe something bad happens to machines they
reside on, will that be the end?
I think so.
--
Will