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Unsung Heroes of Open Source

Posted by Zonk on from the working-to-support-industry,-commerce,-and-the-american-way! dept.

Yosef writes "Jon Udell uses his experience from using and hacking the free software BitPim to say that developers of such less-known projects are the true heroes of open source: 'For solving a host of vexing problems with quiet competence, and for doing it in ways that invite others to stand on their shoulders, I salute them all.'"

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  1. Re:My Hero is... by dedazo · · Score: 0, Flamebait
    The truth hurts, doesn't it?

    For all the high-flying blabber bandied about by Slashdot and everyone else about "innovation" and how Microsoft "can't innovate", the only thing most FOSS projects do is copy them. Or Apple.

    The only refreshing thing I've seen on the Linux desktop lately is XFCE.

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