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bysuso ( 153703 ) * writes:
See, this is something that open source accomplishes that stupid fucking arrogant businesses will never get. When something is obsolete or no longer needed, it gets ditched or replaced by something better. Don't keep it around because someone thinks that they have the right to continue being in business even though their shit is a decade out of date. Its a hard and cold life for the developer whose project gets ditched (And sometimes I feel bad for them), but in the end, the user wins big and things evolve
byAnonymous Coward writes:
Yeah and open source usually doesn't ever do anything fully. Almost all open source projects (that I've used) are partially done. They do work, yes, but they don't work well, and nor do they look good. Those who know know what they are doing can figure it out, but new users have tons of issues. Open source isn't the final end-all-commercial business thing. It's just an alternative.
bypoetmatt ( 793785 ) writes:
Really? Closed source every does something fully?
The smartest people are those who realize that a program is never "done", its just closed source refuses to fix the problems and tells you things are alright.
If closed source was ever done fully, we'd all be using IE 6 or something, no wouldn't we? Oh, and see how much everyone loves that idea.
bymad.frog ( 525085 ) writes:
If closed source was ever done fully, we'd all be using IE 6 or something, no wouldn't we?
...and that's why GIMP has crushed Photoshop.
Wait, what?
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byLennie ( 16154 ) writes:
That it hasn't happend, doesn't mean it's still possible, development of GIMP hasn't halted.
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