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Unsung Heroes of Open Source
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.'"
I didn't notice the troll rating until i hit reply. Since I have this bucket of bile waiting i'll respond anyway:
police and firemen i have no objections to, but praising soldiers as hero's goes way too far.
Why would some dumbass that could not find a proper job, singns up for the money and gets blown up in a country that his president needed invaded be a hero? To me he still is a dumbass that deserved what he signed for.
Offcourse a software developed pales in comparison to someone that risks his own life out of altruism to save that of an unrelated person. But the world does not need every person to be a hero. Hero's are very sparse, and for a good reason: You don't want the situations that define/make a hero happen all the time.
Yes, I am anti-american and I don't support any war whatsoever. If you mod me down for that you just show the sorry state your country is in.
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