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The open source is heaven and closed source is hell propaganda is getting really tired. The irrationality of many members of the open source community hurt its
by fnid 17y ago
The open source is heaven and closed source is hell propaganda is getting really tired. The irrationality of many members of the open source community hurt its image in the larger world outside.
When you say things as wrong as those said in the blog post, it makes people skeptical of other arguments in support of open source.
- GrandMasterBirt 17y agoIts not about open source vs closed source, its about corporate development in which you are a developer with non-developers deciding what is important VS the developer has the last say. There are times UI suffers from this, this is why we need some non-developers involved in these projects, we need to reach out to them. However this is not just about "open source r0x0rs, close source s0x0rs" argument.
- fnid 17y agoThis part was: Closed-source software gets worse with each release (Microsoft, Adobe, …). Open-source software gets better (OOo, Ubuntu, …). Discuss.
- kiiski 17y agoActually, no, it wasn't. The author made a statement and asked people to discuss it. He never claimed it to be correct.
- stingraycharles 17y agoIts not about open source vs closed source, its about corporate development in which you are a developer with non-developers deciding what is important VS the developer has the last say. So, to sum it up, developers are claiming developing software is better when developers are in charge ? I'm shocked.
- jacobian 17y agoPropaganda certainly wasn't my goal; I'm sorry the post came across that way. It's a fact that open source consistently produces incredible software; I'm trying to feel my way towards some reasons why that might be. Thinking out loud is tough work; hope you'll cut me some slack.