On 14/02/2011 03:24 p.m., Stephen Russell wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2011 at 5:47 PM, Leland Jackson<[email protected]> > wrote: >> I agree. Open source has its advantages over Microsoft's OS and >> Microsoft's application stacks. For one thing, I can get into the >> source code to see what's going on. If something is going wrong, I can >> attempt to debug the problem, or I can charge billable hours extending, >> customizing, and creating open source applications. I can even fork an >> existing application bending it to do exactly what I want. > --------------------- > > You can only debug because you have source code?
Not at all man! I ALLWAYS debug from object code, I lllove those ones and zeroes! My boss doesn't like my attitude though. He complained about the years it takes me to track a problem. > > So the no way to get at a problem directly is because you don't know > how. I know that I don't know it all in today's environment. Are you > a network admin or a programmer? Over the past 10 years both sides of > the equation have gotten larger and teh ability in cross over becomes > harder. > > Talking to our java lead programmer about builds and management of > code leads me to believe that we need to hire someone with experience > in this so she can learn from them. Could be contractor to start or a > FTE because there is going to be so much new work in this area. Or.... you might toss java and switch to Python. No needless complications there, everything works and interacts in a reasonable way. On the down side you might say it encourages unemployment, as you won't be willing to hire extra hands to explain what is and should have always been obvious. > Back to your main point. I think that the value of tweaking existing > code in a product is overrated compared to someone who uses that > product for their daily tasks. I'll say that tweaking the codebase > for VFP is not what a VFP developer should be doing. So tossing > around that is a benefit to have it is not worth a lot. Agree. But what you overlook, or maybe don't know about open source, is that there will always be someone with some extra time or a big itch to scratch willing to tweak the code base for you. Or, if the itch is big enough, you'll hire someone to tweak it for you. It's called freedom. > Neither product gives us source, and heck we are barely sub customers > where we can only purchase licenses and ask questions of a reseller. > I don't make the rules I just have to live by them. :( > Nope, you don't *have* to. _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
