On Tue, 12 Apr 2011, Richard wrote:
In article <alpine.LFD.2.00.1104122029350.25360 at grumble.deltasoft.com>,
Gene Buckle <geneb at deltasoft.com> writes:
You realize that you're interfering with his
"open source is crap!"
I never said open source is crap. If I thought that, why would I
recreate manx as an open source project?
That was the thinly-veiled implication. If memory serves, manx is a
documentation repository isn't it? While it can fall under the heading
"open source", it's not exactly a direct parallel to something like
FlightGear or Mozilla, now is it?
narrative by
dragging out facts 'n stuff, right? :)
While it may be a fact that you *could* fix open source software
that's buggy because you have access to the source files, the
likelihood of anyone besides the original author doing this is low for
most open source software.
Just because you and your colleagues aren't doing this, doesn't
necessarily mean it doesn't happen. It just means it doesn't happen
within your particular theatre of operations. :)
g.
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