On Fri, Feb 12, 2016 at 03:03:46PM -0500, Donald Allen wrote: > I just used this exchange as an example to a friend who buys everything > Apple and then complains when their software is buggy. This is a perfect > example of how a direct negative feedback path makes software converge > quickly to correctness, something you don't get with the big proprietary > players like Apple, Microsoft, etc.
That's correct, and it's why we're all here. Make sure your friend understands that we're not trying to provide a drop-in replacement for Apple, to avoid potential disappointment ;-)