Hi! I couldn't agree more. Take Linux for example <wink>.
There is another point to what you saying, Doug. I think that shareware/freeware usually written by a single programmer during their off hours like a weekend mechanic has much less ambition than similar piece of quite often junk written by a group of paid programmers. To make a rough comparison - William Robb recently mentioned how good it was to return to be an amateur (or unpaid photographer) - to be able to watch the scene until the light goes away. I suppose here it is very similar. As a professional programmer I often have/had to do things that I wouldn't do in my normal mind, but I was given instructions and I had no choice. Same problem, isn't it? Only rarely a programmer finds a job where they not only earn their living, but also enjoy what they're doing. I guess it applies to all professions. Shaking a hand of a fellow professional <grin>. Boris ===8<==============Original message text=============== DF> On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 00:00:35 EDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> Yeah, well, I've never supported that philosophy. You know a lot >> of shareware things on the Net are more bug-free than stuff one >> can buy off the shelves. DF> A lot of shareware/freeware is better planned and executed that the DF> expensive software developed by companies. It's done as a labor of DF> love by someone who, many times, cares more and spends _way_ more time DF> worrying about it, planning it, rewriting crufty code, etc., than paid DF> staff. And I say that as paid staff for the past twenty or so years. DF> TTYL, DougF KG4LMZ ===8<===========End of original message text===========
