* Jim Wilson -- Tuesday 09 May 2006 17:01: > The second most neglected item (after documentation) in the OSS world is > backwards compatibility.
The first item is true, although access to the source code makes it much less painful than badly documented closed source software. And bad documentation is the rule there, too. ;-) And the second item is also one of the strengths of OSS. It doesn't have to carry old code forever. We don't owe anybody anything, people can read and modify the code, and developers listen to "customers", (which commercial entities usually don't, despite claiming so. Any support beyond trivialities has to be paid for.) > Please understand that by mentioning this I do not wish to > imply that you are doing anything wrong or different than anyone else. No problem. I asked for comments. And a discussion about pros and cons can be very helpful. You have a point, and maybe I'll re-add the thingies. I would just like to know if it's worth it. "Someone *might* want to use it" is a valid argument, but I hope for actual people to speak up who really want it/need it. :-) m. ------------------------------------------------------- Using Tomcat but need to do more? Need to support web services, security? Get stuff done quickly with pre-integrated technology to make your job easier Download IBM WebSphere Application Server v.1.0.1 based on Apache Geronimo http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=120709&bid=263057&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ Flightgear-devel mailing list Flightgear-devel@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/flightgear-devel
