At 09:58 PM 4/10/2002 -0500, you wrote: >Let me regroup and summarize, just to see if I'm following. > >...Does windows suck?
What does that have to do with this thread of conversation? ;) Regards, Dustin >-- >-j > >John Beamon > >On Wed, 10 Apr 2002, Dustin Puryear wrote: > > > Date: Wed, 10 Apr 2002 20:16:16 -0500 > > From: Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [brluglist] windows sucks > > > > At 05:39 PM 4/10/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > >Yes. > > > > How does writing open source software reduce the number of errors that you > > introduce into code? In my view open source software only increases the > > number of eyeballs that can spot those errors. > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > > > > >John Hebert > > > > > >--- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > At 03:25 PM 4/10/2002 -0700, you wrote: > > > > >Sounds like a combination of problems. But, when it > > > > >comes to tracking down problems, I _always_ suspect > > > > >software, not hardware, first. Software is just > > > > easier > > > > >to screw up, especially on a closed source > > > > operating > > > > >system. Now, it may be that the hardware in the > > > > > > > > Do you think closed software is easier to "screw up" > > > > or simply more > > > > difficult to fix? Does writing open source software > > > > reduce the number of > > > > errors you introduce into code, or increase the > > > > number of people able to > > > > spot the errors? > > > > > > > > Regards, Dustin > > > > > > > > > > > > --- > > > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > UNIX and Network Consultant > > > > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > > > > PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net > > > > In the beginning the Universe was created. > > > > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - > > > > Douglas Adams > > > > > > > > ================================================ > > > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > > > your subscription information. > > > > ================================================ > > > > > > > > >__________________________________________________ > > >Do You Yahoo!? > > >Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax > > >http://taxes.yahoo.com/ > > >================================================ > > >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > >your subscription information. > > >================================================ > > > > > > --- > > Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > UNIX and Network Consultant > > http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear > > PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net > > In the beginning the Universe was created. > > This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams > > > > ================================================ > > BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group > > Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. > > Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change > > your subscription information. > > ================================================ > > > >================================================ >BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group >Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. >Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change >your subscription information. >================================================ --- Dustin Puryear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> UNIX and Network Consultant http://members.telocity.com/~dpuryear PGP Key available at http://www.us.pgp.net In the beginning the Universe was created. This has been widely regarded as a bad move. - Douglas Adams ================================================ BRLUG - The Baton Rouge Linux User Group Visit http://www.brlug.net for more information. Send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to change your subscription information. ================================================
