On Sat, 10 Dec 2005 07:50:39 +0100 "M. Fioretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Said this, I find the rest of the article objective. It says things > that are actual problems and needed to be said, things which I too was > planning to write sometime. > > Overall, good work, Andrew. Well, Marco, I've to object vigorously to your statement because the article's author has committed the worst error in pure Logic, this is to say he has elevated a concept from the particular level (the OOo project) to the general one (the open source developing method) without any kind of evidence except some empiric and limited experiences done by him. This assertion is evident in the article's introduction: "The OpenOffice project vividly illustrates the limitations of open source as a way of producing software". Even if all things he said about OOo project were true (and many are not), he could not transfer such conclusions to the whole open source movement. Otherwise I may say: 1) Bats are mammals and fly 2) Donkeys are mammals 3) Donkeys fly... I hope I've been clear. :) Then, there is the "little" question he has written on The Guardian Unlimited. When you write on a newspaper (site), you cannot not write /nearly all/ or /some part/ of the truth. You must write *the* truth because you're not writing a novel or a narrative story where the plot can be changed according to your will or your opinion, you're writing news that are read by users as such. In any other case, there is a specific liability because your work *may* damage the interests of other people. This is also true even if you have written in good faith. I'm sure you know this. Many people think words told on the Web (too many Blogs out there!) have a different weight than those written in a paper newspaper or in a book. This is false. They have exactly the same weight and can be dangerous as any other statement publicly made. Regards, Gianluca -- Il futuro, duro come non lo avreste mai immaginato: http://www.internetbookshop.it/ser/serdsp.asp?shop=1&c=KEE4YJPPYO3IO Volete scoprire cosa spinge una persona a divenire scrittore? "Sturm und Drang": http://www.lulu.com/content/116405 Vi domandate come sarà il futuro dell'Unione Europea tra vent'anni? "La fine del gioco": http://www.lulu.com/content/95804 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
