At 16:42 2009-10-01, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote:
>Gene Wirchenko wrote:
> > At 14:52 2009-10-01, Paul McNett <[email protected]> wrote:
> >
> > [snip]
> >
> >> Why should I choose to use tools from a developer I don't trust,
> >> when there are open
> >> choices that I do trust?
> >
> > No reason, but there might not be open choices (whatever you
> > mean by this) in a particular area.
>
>There may not be other choices in a particular area, such as some
>proprietary driver
>to communicate with some proprietary device (like a security camera DVR, for
>instance). In which case, I use the available tools.
Which is about what I said. Apart from OSs, Microsoft is quite
easily avoided. For OSs, there is lock-in.
Sincerely,
Gene Wirchenko
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