Do you....could you just get this down to....say...one or two paragraphs? :)
You're saying that a key advantage of Open Source is that the user himself can alter the code and extend functionality as he needs to. You also mentioned the many modifications and extensions of the Apache webserver as evidence of this activity and the benefits to be derived from it. The opinion was raised that the ability to modify Open Source is not of great importance given that the majority of normal users simply are not skilled enough to make modifications. In response you said the fact that only skilled programmers could edit code did not mean that editing code was not important and did not result in benefit to the wider majority of users as a whole. On 2/7/07, Denstizzo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm sorry Jim, I love ya man, but I gotta refute your claims. =] > > Have you actually done any searches for stuff with Apache? There > are TONS of people extending things, wanking on odd stuff, etc.. > Modifying it, extending it. Is it because they're super smart? Or > because they can? Are you honestly telling me that you don't think > there would be "pilots" to justify selling planes to the public? > > Well, I get the gist of your argument. I think you're logic is biased at > a low level though. What, pray tell, is bad about open source? If > we're all passengers anyway, what does it matter, at that level? > > I mean, we've already covered the fact that OS suffers from the same > stuff closed source does, but what do you base your argument on > besides "that part isn't important to me, and will probably not be > important to others"? Given the fact that it's important to at least > one person you know, ya know. =] > > Open Source Rocks! Plain and simple. > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Upgrade to Adobe ColdFusion MX7 Experience Flex 2 & MX7 integration & create powerful cross-platform RIAs http:http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;56760587;14748456;a?http://www.adobe.com/products/coldfusion/flex2/?sdid=LVNU Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:227347 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
