Have you every perused the projects in sourceforge? I think it is possible that the majority of ones over a year old (to give them time to complete) are abandoned without ever working. And most of the rest no one will touch.
Yes the apache/jakarta stuff is good. I put tomcat up there with itext as two very well designed and written programs. (JUnit too, and given time I could list 5 - 10 more.) But even from your list I would say some, while definitely not crap, is not best of breed. I pay for IntelliJ instead of using Eclipse because I tried Eclipse and found it far inferior to IntelliJ. And CVS while good at what it does, is a pretty basic system. My point with itext (and tomcat) is I think they are arguably the best solution for what they do. Not the best open source, or the best in some situations, but basically the best solution period. Anyways, my point was not to talk down other open source (I didn't think anyone would disagree with that) but to talk up itext - I think it is very well designed and implemented and just wanted to say that to those who worked on it. Thanks - dave David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 -----Original Message----- From: Richard Braman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, February 25, 2006 12:24 AM To: 'David Thielen' Cc: itext-questions@lists.sourceforge.net Subject: RE: [iText-questions] iText is the exception to the rule >most open source software is utter crap - which is unfortunately true. This may well be the most rediculous thing I have ever seen written. Did you really just say that dude? What about Linux, Apache, Open Office, Eclipse, CVS, the list could go on for miles? Whoever wrote that article must have thought Windows was already open source ;> Not Yet. >I think iText is possibly the best open source software out there. OK, Don't think too hard. It is scaring me. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Thielen Sent: Friday, February 24, 2006 4:55 PM To: itext Subject: [iText-questions] iText is the exception to the rule There was an article awhile ago about how most open source software is utter crap - which is unfortunately true. I just added PDF copy to my code and it was unbelievably easy. I think iText is possibly the best open source software out there when measured by how well it is architected, designed, written, and documented. Once again to Bruno, Paulo, etc - thank you David Thielen www.windwardreports.com 303-499-2544 ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions ------------------------------------------------------- This SF.Net email is sponsored by xPML, a groundbreaking scripting language that extends applications into web and mobile media. Attend the live webcast and join the prime developer group breaking into this new coding territory! http://sel.as-us.falkag.net/sel?cmd=lnk&kid=110944&bid=241720&dat=121642 _______________________________________________ iText-questions mailing list iText-questions@lists.sourceforge.net https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/itext-questions
