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> Even if you have them, what good does a stack trace do if you don't also have the source to fix it? It makes patching the binary yourself a heck of a lot eas
by DaiPlusPlus 5y ago
> Even if you have them, what good does a stack trace do if you don't also have the source to fix it?
It makes patching the binary yourself a heck of a lot easier. As is often the case with legacy enterprise software from a vendor now long-gone…
- junon 5y agoDo you want full open source? Or allow enterprise software? pick one.
- DaiPlusPlus 5y agoHow are those mutually exclusive? Enterprise software ends up as something invariably so specific to the company using it that it doesn’t matter if it’s open-source or not - absolutely no-one could extract any value from it than the original company and whatever kafkaesque internal processes lead to its development. Anything more general-purpose is already commodity - ERP being the prime example.