On Mon, Mar 13, 2000 at 04:14:34AM -0500, Dennis wrote:
> At 09:19 AM 3/13/00 +1300, Joe Abley wrote:
> >I have yet to find a "real product" with good documentation.
>
> I hate when these discussions get so out of context. The original point
> regarded source code, and whether it was useful enough to allow end-users
> to maintain their own systems simply by having it, since many of the
> caveats and "code tricks" are known only to the authors, or because of the
> substantial learning curve of fully understanding a hardware device.
Well, I've been able to get several problems "fixed" as a result
of having the source code. I might not be able to fix the problem
myself, but I can usually (a) work around it and (b) submit a
detailed-enough PR or message to the author, including a pointer
to the problem piece of code and what I think's wrong with it, that
a fix has been installed in very short order.
How much better would I have fared with Solaris, SCO or NT?
What does it matter if there are users that can't derive even this
level of utility from the source, when there _arent_ any better
alternatives.
Again, your complaint has no positive arguments for ways to
improve the situation, or alternative scenarios that would be
better. It is just an unhelpful whinge.
--
Andrew
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