I say the point is moot if, as I do, you live in a state that is "guaranteed" to vote Democratic. There is no way that Bush will ever take Massachusetts. We MA Democrats don't have to worry that a vote for Nader is a strategic mistake. But it sends the message nonetheless.
UCITA may be bad for the shrink-wrap software industry industry economically.
The company I work for provides outsourcing QA solutions. If UCITA goes into effect, software vendors have less incentive to release non-buggy software, which means less business for us.
Also, more bugs in released software means more calls to tech support. Each call to tech support destroys the profit margin for that copy of the software, more or less.
I respectfully disagree. The question is not whether or not developers are also users, its whether or not all users are developers.
The author's "fundamental mistake" is actually his main point IMO. If Linux is to conquer the desktop, it needs to create that "feedback loop." As it catches on with the mainstream, more and more non-developers will be using Linux. If we want this growth to continue, we need to gather input from these users and incorporate it into OSS projects. It's something many corporate development projects do--usability testing.
Practically speaking, how can usability testing be made a part of OSS development? What incentive could be presented to a non-developer user to participate in the OSS process? The author also claims you need a non-developer UI researcher to participate in the feedback process. Assuming his claim is valid (I'm skeptical), who would fill this role? OTOH, why can't the UI researcher also be a developer in the OSS project?
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I believe you are referring to Lincoln.
I say the point is moot if, as I do, you live in a state that is "guaranteed" to vote Democratic. There is no way that Bush will ever take Massachusetts. We MA Democrats don't have to worry that a vote for Nader is a strategic mistake. But it sends the message nonetheless.
Pink Floyd is the only act I know of that actually owns their own copyright.
...now how did they pull that off?
UCITA may be bad for the shrink-wrap software industry industry economically.
The company I work for provides outsourcing QA solutions. If UCITA goes into effect, software vendors have less incentive to release non-buggy software, which means less business for us.
Also, more bugs in released software means more calls to tech support. Each call to tech support destroys the profit margin for that copy of the software, more or less.
I respectfully disagree. The question is not whether or not developers are also users, its whether or not all users are developers.
The author's "fundamental mistake" is actually his main point IMO. If Linux is to conquer the desktop, it needs to create that "feedback loop." As it catches on with the mainstream, more and more non-developers will be using Linux. If we want this growth to continue, we need to gather input from these users and incorporate it into OSS projects. It's something many corporate development projects do--usability testing.
Practically speaking, how can usability testing be made a part of OSS development? What incentive could be presented to a non-developer user to participate in the OSS process? The author also claims you need a non-developer UI researcher to participate in the feedback process. Assuming his claim is valid (I'm skeptical), who would fill this role? OTOH, why can't the UI researcher also be a developer in the OSS project?
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AOL is not buying Time Warner.
It's a merger, not an acquisition.