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"66. Any time you use open source code in a project, be prepared to maintain your own branch of that code. You never know when the developers will get bored and
by thwarted 18y ago
"66. Any time you use open source code in a project, be prepared to maintain your own branch of that code. You never know when the developers will get bored and leave you hanging."
The implication that being left hanging doesn't exist for proprietary code is getting old. Maybe the EOL of Windows XP will put FUD data point to rest.