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From: "Steve" <nospam_steved94@comcast.net>
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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
>
>
>