Jörg W Mittag wrote:
Matthew Burgess wrote:
So, another case of NIH syndrome. Rather than report bugs/offer patches
to existing projects (tar vs. star, make vs. smake, etc.) he goes and
reinvents the wheel. Oh well, I guess it's his time to waste :-)
<snip>
So, yes
there *is* a case of NIH syndrome and reinventing the wheel, but the
other way round.
Wow, thanks for the history lesson! Looks like I need to improve my
research skills!
However, please note that reinventing the wheel is not necessarily a
bad thing thing if the owner of said wheel is a sociopath ...
Quite.
Regards,
Matt.
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