Nine Attitude Problems in Free and Open Source Software (Datamation) [LWN.net]

Nine Attitude Problems in Free and Open Source Software (Datamation)

Posted Oct 20, 2008 19:06 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304)
In reply to: Nine Attitude Problems in Free and Open Source Software (Datamation) by raven667
Parent article: Nine Attitude Problems in Free and Open Source Software (Datamation)

Wow, look at the half-baked reasoning.

So you'd like free-time developers (now a minority) to do whatever some
user says, even if they disagree with it or think it unimportant? I can
verify that when a developer *does* agree with something and think it
important, that thing will get done, even in the absence of code.

And I see no 'fixation on Microsoft as the enemy' among the actual
*developer* community. There's wariness because they have *actually
threatened* us with things like patents, and there's dislike of their
systems, but fixation? 'Enemy'? You've been reading Groklaw too long.
That's not how the hackers think. It's just another system, a not very
nice and distinctly non-Unixlike system that we might have to ensure
portability to but which thank goodness we don't have to develop on.

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Nine Attitude Problems in Free and Open Source Software (Datamation)

Posted Oct 20, 2008 22:24 UTC (Mon) by wertigon (subscriber, #42963) [Link]

Who said it's a "free time" developer? I get paid to crank out GPL code you insensitive clod! >_<

Nine Attitude Problems in Free and Open Source Software (Datamation)

Posted Oct 20, 2008 22:41 UTC (Mon) by nix (subscriber, #2304) [Link]

I was covering the unpaid ones, as those are generally the ones who get
hit with ridiculous Do This instructions from random people who aren't
paying them. The ones who get paid are generally given Do This
instructions from people who *are* paying them. This must be dealt with in
an entirely different manner :)