"I think this is why people are suspicious of open source - it has no responsibility, and no liability, so it can afford to release what was, evidently, not the finished article...
...A commercial company like Microsoft wouldn't do this because they have the financial responsibility of selling their goods."
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http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html
"I think this is why people are suspicious of open source - it has no responsibility, and no liability, so it can afford to release what was, evidently, not the finished article...
...A commercial company like Microsoft wouldn't do this because they have the financial responsibility of selling their goods."
really now?