RMS's original motivation for starting GNU was to address exactly the frustrations expressed by the article. With open source software, if the universe of peop

RMS's original motivation for starting GNU was to address exactly the frustrations expressed by the article. With open source software, if the universe of people with a particular bug is big enough, it'll contain developers who are capable of fixing it. Or if a particular bug is hurting you badly enough, you can find and pay a developer to fix it. See Linus's Law [1] (scroll down to point #8.) [1] http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ar01s04.html http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral...