1. Low Quality Software Let me just iterate through a small list of this so called low quality: - The Mozilla Project (http://www.mozilla.org) - MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu) - K Desktop (http://www.kde.org) - OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org) - GNU Compiler Collection (http://gcc.gnu.org/)...
and countless other projects on Sourceforge. Except for KDE, all those projects are also cross-platform. So I don't see were low quality comes in. And I challenge you to call these people anything else but professionals! On another note, I also don't see why these people are all Chinese, Indian or East-Europeans. Furthermore, it doesn't matter profitwise where you come from or were you're located.
2. Jobexport is a sign that production is too expensive and/or people simply suck. And despite that this "America-made-it-all-possible" statement is just ridiculous (take a closer look at history, there are A LOT more people involved than just Americans!), it seems that the jobs that are given away are because there are no more quality developers!
3. Using an OS doesn't make you any better, even using Windows as a developing platform. And I don't have any problems with paying for software, but I judge the software I use on more than just it's price. Not everything that cost's money is worth using it, and please don't ask me to give you a list! I wouldn't know where to start...
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Remember. Open source =\= GPL.
Ahrg, must resist stupid C comment... can't
It's != you codenazi!
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Yeah, I always said that to my girlfriend when she asked where to loads of pr0n came from...
Your logic is flawed, but first:
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1. Low Quality Software
Let me just iterate through a small list of this so called low quality:
- The Mozilla Project (http://www.mozilla.org)
- MPlayer (http://www.mplayerhq.hu)
- K Desktop (http://www.kde.org)
- OpenOffice (http://www.openoffice.org)
- GNU Compiler Collection (http://gcc.gnu.org/)
and countless other projects on Sourceforge. Except for KDE, all those projects are also cross-platform. So I don't see were low quality comes in. And I challenge you to call these people anything else but professionals! On another note, I also don't see why these people are all Chinese, Indian or East-Europeans. Furthermore, it doesn't matter profitwise where you come from or were you're located.
2. Jobexport is a sign that production is too expensive and/or people simply suck. And despite that this "America-made-it-all-possible" statement is just ridiculous (take a closer look at history, there are A LOT more people involved than just Americans!), it seems that the jobs that are given away are because there are no more quality developers!
3. Using an OS doesn't make you any better, even using Windows as a developing platform. And I don't have any problems with paying for software, but I judge the software I use on more than just it's price. Not everything that cost's money is worth using it, and please don't ask me to give you a list! I wouldn't know where to start...
Hah, I knew that it had to be a fake! I've always wondered "when did I install a Microsoft Windows skin in my KDE?".
Well, how long until Darl McBride screams:
"Osama bin Torvalds, I'll bomb you the hell out of Afghanistan!"
Sexy, finally I can trash that old Netscape 7.1 installation!