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Bah, why is he just complaining? A true open-source hacker would charge blindly forward and implement something that duplicates functionality of existing projec
by camccann 17y ago
Bah, why is he just complaining? A true open-source hacker would charge blindly forward and implement something that duplicates functionality of existing projects but with a different (and unique) set of deficiencies and bugs, is subtly incompatible with everything else, and that either will never be used by anyone or will fragment the user base resulting in long religious wars between users and another talking point for the "open source is bad because it has too many choices" crowd.
(Disclaimer: firmly tongue in cheek, I'm a long-term and very happy desktop Linux user--though seriously, how many open source DVCS projects are there by now?)
- shpxnvz 17y agoActually, he says that he may work on refactoring an existing forge project to add the features he deems necessary to free it's users from the "data jail." No idea if that will really happen, but if so it's a tad better than the normal complain-but-do-nothing approach it's so common to find.
- billswift 17y agoI think he's also looking for ideas, notice several commenters on his blog have already provided links to other projects. He does that frequently, sometimes explicitly; as when a few months ago for example he asked for alternative 1911-based concealed carry guns.