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The Birth of a FOSS Application

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the no-video-squeamish-need-not-worry dept.

Joe Barr writes "Brice Burges explains why and how he created a new free software application, as well as what he learned from the birthing process, in a story on Linux.com. The story provides first-hand insights into the frustrations and satisfactions of developers working on free/open source projects. From the article: 'I'm always disappointed to hear open source project members say that they had "their developer" modify an aspect of the program without ever hearing from that developer or seeing any of the code. This is not progressive.'" Linux.com and Slashdot are both owned by OSTG.

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  1. what. the. fuck. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 4, Funny

    "birthing process"? Are we talking about software or pregnant farm animals?

  2. Re:Disclaimer by Jeff+DeMaagd · · Score: 4, Funny

    That would explain why it would have a link that says "slashdot it" and not "digg it".

  3. Re:Free != freedom by Daniel+Dvorkin · · Score: 5, Funny

    True enough, but if I have to choose between, say, the Linus-approved Linux kernel and Joe Schmoe's Kernel That He Made From The Linux Kernel But Added Some Stuff Joe Thought Was Cool, I know which one I'll go with. ;)

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  4. Time for the talk by sarge+apone · · Score: 1, Funny

    You see, son, when two codes love each other very much....

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  5. Re:Don't say "FOSS" by dbIII · · Score: 4, Funny

    Or better still - creep the acronym even more with FLOSSY - Free Libre Open Source Software Yeah! Also doubles as the name for a pet dog.

  6. Well... by Mongoose · · Score: 2, Funny

    In the OSS project I'm most well known for the community refers to me as 'Dear Leader'. I'm sure they mean well. ;)

  7. Re:Free != freedom by Brandybuck · · Score: 4, Funny

    From painful experience, I would choose the former.

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  8. Re:the re-birth of humans being decent to one anot by Infernal+Device · · Score: 2, Funny

    Dumbshit? I think not. Yes, I have read Finnegan's Wake - up to a point. Didn't particularly care for it. Do I think James Joyce is an idiot? Again, no. I also think James Joyce could have easily passed any class on English grammar that you could give him. The difference is that Joyce was writing from a character's perspective, and the OP (as near as I can tell) was writing from his own perspective and completely giving the impression that he was an ass and moron, to boot.

    And since coarse invective is the only language you appear to understand, fuck you, as well.

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