From: "Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net>
Subject: Re: Ada open source
Date: Wed, 16 Jun 2004 03:00:00 GMT
Date: 2004-06-16T03:00:00+00:00 [thread overview]
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In-Reply-To: mailman.111.1087311542.391.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org
Please cite a piece of closed source software that is "feature complete" and
bug free.
The difference with open source, is you have some hope of fixing the bugs
yourself.
Steve
(The Duck)
"Andrew Carroll" <andrew@carroll-tech.net> wrote in message
news:mailman.111.1087311542.391.comp.lang.ada@ada-france.org...
> A quote from slashdot:
>
> "...There's some guy out there using ___ who wants to use something
> else, but can't because he needs one tiny feature that nothing else has.
> This is a major weakness of Open Source because since software is under
> constant development and bug fixing and security hole patching is
> priority, few programs ever become feature complete..."
>
> What do you all think of that statement?
>
> Andrew Carroll
> Carroll-Tech
> 720-273-6814
> andrew@carroll-tech.net
>
>
>
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Thread overview: 10+ messages / expand[flat|nested] mbox.gz Atom feed top
2004-06-15 15:16 Ada open source Andrew Carroll
2004-06-15 15:15 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-15 15:21 ` Frank J. Lhota
2004-06-15 21:49 ` Hyman Rosen
2004-06-16 19:33 ` Simon Wright
2004-06-15 17:07 ` Larry Kilgallen
2004-06-16 3:00 ` Steve [this message]
2004-06-16 3:47 ` Brian May
2004-06-21 16:28 ` Warren W. Gay VE3WWG
2004-06-21 19:11 ` Larry Kilgallen
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