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What's Wrong With the FOSS Community?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the 500-words-due-next-tuesday dept.

An anonymous reader writes "Patrick McFarland, one of the major Free Software Magazine authors, has completed his second article on whats wrong with the Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) community, and what we face in this world. He touches on ESR's Cathedral and the Bazaar essay briefly, and warns against cherry-picking style software development."

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  1. What's wrong with Santa Claus by Harmonious+Botch · · Score: 5, Funny

    I'm pissed. I'm disgusted. Santa is in dire need of some improvements. When he brings all the presents, he does it in the middle of the night, so I have to wait until the morning to get them. When I do get up in the morning to see what I got, all that trashy wrapping paper is in the way, delaying my enjoyment.
    Also he drinks all the milk and eats all the cookies!

  2. someday ... by El_Muerte_TDS · · Score: 4, Funny
    Someday Linux will be replaced, someday X will be replaced, someday GNOME will be replaced.

    Someday pigs will fly
    Someday hell will freeze over
    Someday bears will be catholic and popes will shit in the woods
    Someday poeple will stop using weasel words
  3. Re:no leadership? by Sponge+Bath · · Score: 4, Funny

    Unlike in the Cathedral, the Bazaar has no official leadership.

    Sometimes that is preferable to Archbishop Balmer flinging the Holy Chair of Antioch.

  4. Re:People.. the same as any community by Moofie · · Score: 2, Funny

    "which are inherently broken."

    Speak for yourself. I'm just fine, thank you!

    --
    Why yes, I AM a rocket scientist!
  5. Re:we need artists and bug hunters by LindseyJ · · Score: 2, Funny

    Because crossword puzzles have a solution.

  6. Re:People.. the same as any community by AJWM · · Score: 4, Funny

    Exactly.

    I'm not broken, just unintelligently designed.

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    -- Alastair