On 15-Oct-06, at 4:58 PM, Navneet Karnani wrote:
it is exhilarating to
watch the users developing and making most use of your code. I am not
intending to flame you - this is the difference between the foss way
of thinking and the closed source way
Well, my point was not whether people will tweak it or not, only
that "end
users" will not like that it can be tweaked at will. We will always
see
people tweak it for specific uses and purposes, and that is what I
like
about FOSS.
depends on your perception of who the end user is. In an accounting
package, the end users are typically the owner of the business, or
the person in charge of accounts and the chartered accountant. The
clerks and data-entry operaters are not endusers. They will not have
write access to the source code. i am specifically thinking of two
cases - the computer literate businessman and the chartered
accountant. The first can generate his custom reports and analysis
and the second can simplify his accounting by adding checks. And both
can set up a two-way interface to their spreadsheet programs.
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