On Mon, 6 Oct 2008 21:46:07 +0000 (GMT) reiner otto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>I am thankful that the underlying spirit of providing good quality
>software to those who can't really afford it is not tainted by people
>with attitudes like yours.
>
>- Charles<
>
>Respect. I have to agree 100% on your very (too ?) polite expression.
>Good software simply tells the user, that something is badly wrong.
>Because the system serves the user, not vice versa.
>And programmers, who do not adhere to this very simple principle, even
>refuse to accept it as a basic principle, simply are "amateur
>programmer", their products better to be called "hobby products", not
>suitable for the public.
Just out of morbid curiosity, who is holding a gun to your head forcing
you to use 'hobby products' anyway? No one is being forced to do
anything, therefore they have no discernible right to demand that the
developer of the product they are using change it to suit their own
personal likes. If this were a commercial product that they were paying
for, that might be a different story. One of the ideas behind 'open
source' software is that if you don't like it, you are free to modify
it to your liking.
It is not the operating systems job to stop the user from shooting
himself in the foot, but rather to deliver the bullet as
efficiently and expeditiously as possible.
--
Jerry
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There is no delight the equal of dread.
As long as it is somebody else's.
--Clive Barker
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