Whiny open source people...
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Topic: Whiny open source people...
Posted By: Bluefrog
Subject: Whiny open source people...
Date Posted: 25 May 2005 at 11:55pm
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Interesting article: http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/05/25/cz_dl_0525linux.html - http://www.forbes.com/business/2005/05/25/cz_dl_0525linux.html Guy makes a tool and lets people use it for free, then support gets too expensive, and he decides he can't pay the $500,000 bill by himself - so no more free use for the open source community, that the whole time has been whiny about the tool not being open source. And they start whining again about it not being free. Gee... That's gratitude for you. His response:
Bold highlight is my emphasis - just funny. Give an inch, they take a mile. ------------- http://renegademinds.com/" rel="nofollow - Renegade Minds - Guitar Software http://renegademinds.com/Default.aspx?tabid=65" rel="nofollow - Slow Down Music |
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Posted By: Gullanian
Date Posted: 26 May 2005 at 7:41am
| Poor guy! |
Posted By: huwnet
Date Posted: 27 May 2005 at 11:54am
| I have been hearing about that for a while. There were quite a few articles on slashdot. Including Linus being insulted by some other development guy. He has had to start his own tool called GIT which has now replaced bitkeeper |
Posted By: xeerex
Date Posted: 27 May 2005 at 5:48pm
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And this is how much different from closed source (aka proprietary)
groups? I see people all the time whining about MS's licensing schemes,
attempt to force upgrades (aka spend more $$), etc. My response to both groups: if you don't like it then build (code) it yourself. Otherwise, STFU.  I really love the way that McVoy plays it up like BitKeeper is the end-all to code management, blah, blah, blah. I daresay the OSS community will get an app lined out. Just take a look at all the recent (last 18 months) of OSS out there. Who cares if it hiccups kernel development for a bit. ------------- http://webspacegeeks.com - Need Hosting, Domains, Dedicated Servers? http://www.smartergeek.com - web design | pc support | training | podcasts | video production |
Posted By: the boss
Date Posted: 28 May 2005 at 7:09am
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boths sides are unfair!!
closed source rips off the customers and pay tiny salaries
open source is flooded with support requests at no cost ------------- http://www.web2messenger.com/theboss"> 
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