Re: Sailfish 2.0.0 Saimaa
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Originally Posted by Copernicus
(Post 1486578)
Open Source means that thousands of people can work on this code for themselves. If their work is pleasing to you, that's great, but you've got no room to complain if you aren't doing any work yourself.
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Oh man, if I had a penny for every time I hear that "argument". If you do not co tribute, do not dare to point out faults. Put up or shut up. This is exactly the kind of arrogance that is the reason Open Source will never make a hole in the world.
Closer to home, Sailfish Browser may be Open Source but it is also a product. I am also a programmer. I drive an hour to get to work, then spend 9 hours working my arse off, then another hour driving back. I spend some of the money I get from that activity to purchase a product. I expect that product to work, I do not want to spend another 9 hours patching it, even though I may have the capability.
There are certain standards my superiors expect from my work. I have every right to expect similar standards from from other people's work, Open Source or not.
And before you pounce on me, I have contributed to some Open Source projects. I even got punished for that, when I was unemployed and the Job Centre stopped my dole payments because they considered that contribution work, ergo income. But the last thing I would tell to the users of my code finding bugs in it is, "fsck you, the code is there, fix it yourself!" |
