lol. it doesn't matter where the _library_ comes from. what matters is how you use it and that takes time, effort, and skill, independent of whether it's "open

lol. it doesn't matter where the _library_ comes from. what matters is how you use it and that takes time, effort, and skill, independent of whether it's "open source" or not. yeah, you can double or triple your productivity by using code written by those before you, but, so what? it's always been that way. and if you're in a corporation, does it really matter if its OSS or proprietary but just slightly cheaper than writing it yourself? i'm not knocking OSS here. i grew up with it and I think it's amazing. a godsend. but it's existed for 40 years now---don't you think if it was that amazing it would have already won the "war"?