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It's nothing to do with not invented here. It's just not my itch, so why should I scratch it? If you want someone else to scratch your itch you have to pay them

It's nothing to do with not invented here. It's just not my itch, so why should I scratch it? If you want someone else to scratch your itch you have to pay them. My point is only to highlight that these are very different worlds. Apple decides what you want then charges for it. We say, here, this is what I want, but feel free to make it what you want. There are always going to be pros and cons.

zapzupnz 7y ago
> It's just not my itch, so why should I scratch it? But why must you put it down? It may not be your itch, but equally, Linux is not your OS. It's everybody's. Other people may happen to share the same sentiment about certain things. That's how things change, evolve, develop, improve. You cannot be dismissive on everybody else's behalf. > Apple decides what you want and then charges for it. We say, here, this is what I want, but feel free to make it what you want First, who is 'we'? I still feel like you're trying to represent the feeling of a lot of people whose opinions may differ wildly from your own. Aside from that, not everybody who uses Linux does so for this factor of openness and flexibility. There are plenty of Linux users who wish it would Just Work™ — but, again, their contributions to the discussion shouldn't be poo-pooed just because they don't have the time or resources to reimplement that with which they're familiar. Some people can only contribute ideas, and that's just fine; it might turn out that only when some developer with some free time on his or her hands sees those ideas that they might then be implemented.
- massive-tea 7y ago
  I don't think I "put down" anything. I can say "we" because if it hasn't been done yet then clearly nobody wants it enough. I use Gentoo and it really does Just Work for me. My definition of working is clearly a world apart from others', though.

zapzupnz 7y ago

> It's just not my itch, so why should I scratch it? But why must you put it down? It may not be your itch, but equally, Linux is not your OS. It's everybody's. Other people may happen to share the same sentiment about certain things. That's how things change, evolve, develop, improve. You cannot be dismissive on everybody else's behalf. > Apple decides what you want and then charges for it. We say, here, this is what I want, but feel free to make it what you want First, who is 'we'? I still feel like you're trying to represent the feeling of a lot of people whose opinions may differ wildly from your own. Aside from that, not everybody who uses Linux does so for this factor of openness and flexibility. There are plenty of Linux users who wish it would Just Work™ — but, again, their contributions to the discussion shouldn't be poo-pooed just because they don't have the time or resources to reimplement that with which they're familiar. Some people can only contribute ideas, and that's just fine; it might turn out that only when some developer with some free time on his or her hands sees those ideas that they might then be implemented.

massive-tea 7y ago
I don't think I "put down" anything. I can say "we" because if it hasn't been done yet then clearly nobody wants it enough. I use Gentoo and it really does Just Work for me. My definition of working is clearly a world apart from others', though.