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why do they hide what the real state is under "as is". "as is" can mean that it is great or that it is shit. So "as is" is not enough if you really want to be
by GoToRO 5y ago
why do they hide what the real state is under "as is". "as is" can mean that it is great or that it is shit. So "as is" is not enough if you really want to be honest with people. But they don't want to be honest, they want to be famous and a little bit of "hide the garbage under the rug" doesn't hurt right? Well it does.
- cweagans 5y agoIt's not about honesty or fame. The author does not and can not know if the code is going to be good for your use case. Only you can know that. Evaluate it yourself and see if it works for you. If it doesn't, don't use it. It's really that simple.
- GoToRO 5y agoIf they can not know their software is good or bad just please choose another profession.
- TheCoelacanth 5y agoIf you want assurances about the quality of software you're using, pay for a support contract. You can't expect assurances like that on something you got for free.
- unionpivo 5y agoYour view of software seems to be very limited. There is plenty of good software out there, that is only useful in limited. I wrote code for small drone. If you don't know what you are doing you can easily burn down your house, with one of those (lipo are no joke). SQLlight is great software, but if you try using it in wrong situation, you are going to have a problem. In my experience for most of the software, the only answer is: it depends on what you are doing. And sometimes even not so good software is best solution for a problem.
- rodgerd 5y agoIf you aren't competent to evaluate whether software is production ready, choose another profession.
- cweagans 5y agoSoftware is not inherently good nor bad. It either solves a problem you have or it doesn't. Linux, for instance, is not a great fix for my specific uses on the desktop. That doesn't make Linux bad. It's just not the right solution for my particular set of problems.
- carapace 5y agoI upvoted this comment because it is correct and valuable advice. Having had a professional career as programmer now for about a decade and a half, it's my considered opinion that about nine out of ten people getting paid to write software today really shouldn't be [paid to write software]. In other words, 90% of programmers or "software engineers" (what a sick joke that title is!) should be fired; the quality of software would improve dramatically.
- tgvaughan 5y agoWhy are you assuming this is their profession?
- jjav 5y agoThere's no hiding, it is about responsibility. If you want to take it for free, then it is 100% on you to figure out if it's going to meet your needs and all the consequences (fixing any problems that may arise) are on your shoulders. If you don't prefer that, you have the option to try to negotiate a support contract with the authors, for suitable payment. What you can't get is assurance of production readyness for free.
- tremon 5y ago"as is" is a specific legal term in the USA: https://definitions.uslegal.com/a/as-is/ https://definitions.uslegal.com/a/as-is/ As-is is a term used in warranty law to disclaim the seller's liability for faults in the item sold. The buyer accepts the item in the present condition, whether the faults are apparent or not