On Thu, Sep 14, 2006 at 12:17:05PM -0500, Patrick Albuquerque wrote: > On Wed, Sep 13, 2006 at 10:06:26AM +0100, A J Stiles wrote: > > > > You should *never* install *any* software which does not come with source > > code -- you don't know where it's been. If the software vendor isn't > > prepared to show you the source code, that's a clear sign that there is > > something in there that they don't want you to see. > > > > You wouldn't buy a cake that didn't have a list of ingredients on the box, > > would you? > > > > And if the chef in your favorite restaurant does not give you his > recipies when you demand them, boycott the restaurant!
If you ask what is in something, you usually get a list of the majority of things, although not the quantities of course which would be requires to duplicate it. I know I won't buy a cake without an ingredient list anymore. My wife is alergic to chestnuts, and after having a chocolate cake which we didn't know had chestnut paste in it, I would rather not repeat the experience that caused. -- Len Sorensen -- To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with a subject of "unsubscribe". Trouble? Contact [EMAIL PROTECTED]