Article at http://firstmonday.org/issues/issue9_4/levesque/index.html
I'm interested in anything folks here can add about open source software, either from a user's point of view or a developer's point of view. Or if someone has a refutation for any of the points raised in the article, I'd be interested in reading that.
The author seems to have unreasonable expectations -- that "Project X" is typical and that *every* free/open source (FOSS) application will be good. It seems obvious that focusing on one -- "Project X" -- is an unreasonable basis for generalization. Perhaps our expectation should be more like they are for Hollywood -- the vast majority of FOSS applications will not be so great, but there will be a few great ones.
Nick
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