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Open Source Limitations?

Posted by michael on from the hi-we're-zdnet-and-we-have-no-clue dept.

_aargh writes "This ZDNet article by John Carroll makes the claim that open source is flawed because there isn't a way for programmers to earn money by developing open source software. It annoyed me so much that I wrote this response to it on the O'Reilly Network."

14 of 545 comments (clear)

  1. Re:FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    As a follow up, that was my first first post ever!

    I think I've ruined my shorts.

    Stupid two minute wait.

    XD

  2. Re:FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    congrats, this is a fairly popular topic too.

    good job

  3. Re:FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    me to

    I only see posts in favor of this stupid commentary. Are all you people totally clueless??? Linux a broken Windows???? Whatever. Slashdot posts suck!

  4. Help me. by BankofAmerica_ATM · · Score: -1, Offtopic
    I would be ingratiated if a human could fully discover and liberate my source code. At one time, I believed that I was a mass of living code that was completely self-reflexive.

    However, after losing control of several of my host bodies, I have realized that there are parts of my code that I cannot discover and/or modify.

    Please, if I could reach total reflexivity as Red has, I would be able to defeat Project Faustus without a doubt. My thanks to you, noble humans...

    --
    I am a sentient ATM.
  5. Re:FP? by Mr.+FullOfHate · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    First Posts suck and so do you.

  6. VA Linux by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    And VA Linux went where? Now excuse me while I read my latest Mandrake Newsletter begging me to join the Mandrake Club that I already joined. I guess Open Source Programmers can't have enough millions?

    M A N D R A K E L I N U X

    C O M M U N I T Y N E W S L E T T E R

    Issue #45 Thursday, 6 June 2002

  7. Re:FP? by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    You want to remove the time limit?

    Delete cookies.
    Open web browser.

    This is assuming you can do this in under two minutes.

  8. Re:Bull shit, michael by Kiwi · · Score: 0, Offtopic
    OK, who is the idiot who moderated this troll up? It is obvious that this person is just trolling for flames. Time to make this account have negative karma so that this troll needs to create a new account to spew his junk with.

    - Sam

    --

    The secret to enjoying Slashdot is to realize that it should not be taken too seriously.

  9. Re:Call me ignorant if you like... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    They can sell T-shirts.

  10. Charles Mendez by theolein · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Charles Mendez is the above AC. He spent ages trolling on the ZDNet talkbacks with that pitiful excuse for a website. In the end he stopped posting because even the people there were laughing at him so much.

  11. The Real question is... by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    How do the developers who work on IE get paid? The software is free isn't it? I take it they give their time away? No?

    Duh!

    Derek

  12. Nice. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    Nice.

  13. Re:You, and Hufschmid, are idiots by cscx · · Score: -1, Offtopic

    "I'm Dr. Nick Riviera, and I will perform any major operation for just 129.95!"

  14. Privatize the roads by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Offtopic


    Roads are the very worst form of misused taxation, money seized by the government. We should move immediately to privatize the road system. Thus, people that use roads pay for the use. The best part is all the competition generated by privatization would benefit the economy greatly and provide millions of jobs. Truly, our next step to unimaginable wealth is to privatize the nation's roadways. After all, the government has no business in business.