> wow, someone else who may agree with that that 99% of the people on
Slashdot
> are whining pricks.
> I find the front page of the site great, and the forums a _total_ waste of
> time. Of those 99%, I'd say that 80% of them are people who are either in
> support roles (ie, ISP admins, for eg), or students/not employed. They
seam
> to think that making _money_ (shock, horror) from software is a bad thing,
> and that all software should be free.
Actually if you read the comments there is actually a much more diverse
range of opinions that the /. sterotype suggests.
> I think, from the current state of all Linux and OSS related companies,
> outside of RedHat and IBM, that model for software that needs to bring
some
> revenue in DOES NOT WORK. Sorry, but software engineers need to be paid.
> They like living in houses, eating, spending time with their families etc.
I'm afraid I can't agree with this, as I am currently making a living at
least partially off Open Source software.
> I also think that 90% of the software on things like
> SourceForge is worthless crap, but its FREE worthless crap. Almost none of
> it would pass a basic usability test, and most end users - the people who
> use OUR software that we write (we all do write software here, right?) -
> would throw it away in disgust. Even if it was free.
I have a Sourceforge Project! Okay - maybe you are right. A majority of
the SF projects just don't have the groundswell of developers required to
develop to the same quality of Linux itself. That includes my own project.
However I am developing my project to the same standards of my commercial
code - and I am a professional developer.
I think OS Software will pay - but not in the same way as you think. I am
being funded for example. In any case - weather Kylix is free or not the
important point is that its desperatly needed on Linux for professional
developers to really start pumping out the apps. By releasing a 'free'
version they get it into the hands of the techies and developers who have
the responsibility to make decisions on tools. Its a very good move.
And down with the OS zealots - I agree that Linux needs to shed the 'geek'
image and start concentrating on developing at least one good standard (ie
professional) distro which can compete with MS on the desktop.
Regards,
Peter Harrison
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