----- Original Message ----- From: "optimus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 8:38 PM Subject: [plug] World Peer-Review Challenge
> Yes indeed. Some of MS's programmers may be better, but open source > programmers are the very best there is. this is too debatable... there are lots of open source programmers who wrote bad code... reading their codes, you can easily identify if it is good or bad code... > I am likely to believe that given the openness and intellectual challenge of > programming in Linux, the best coders are Linux coders. These coders > gravitate to Linux because of the open-source nature. i wont buy it... open-source is not the reason to be the best coder... the best coders are those who understand the art of programming... > With Linux, they have an open "toy" they can continuously assemble, > reassemble, and improve. True learning comes from doing, and one cannot learn > much using the closed, undocumented Win32 API and the absence of source code. on the higher sense... you have to watch out those programmers who are just looking at the closed source output and made their own replicate program without relying on the source code... these programmers are more intelligent, sharp minded and have initiative of learning... > Open source programmers are the best there is, for they have proven their > technical skills with the best programmers from around the world. again, there are lots of open source programmers who wrote bad codes... > Microsoft's programmers have to prove their technical skills only to their > chief software architects and to Bill Gates, which only affords extremely > limited peer review. Microsoft's coders are not programming gods. MS coders > cannot dare pit their skills against thousands of open source programmers who > pool their collective talents together to solve computing problems. you dont really understand what is being a programmer on a business company. ... microsoft's coders are not claiming they are programming gods... > Open source programmers, on the other hand, get scrutinized by thousands of > top-notch programmers through their work. Imagine designing a program and the > whole world judges your work. You have to ensure that your code is the best > there is, or suffer embarrasment and ridicule from other technically-capable > ones who can point out flaws in your work. The challenge of producing code > that will stand the world's scrutiny is far tremendous. why, isnt true also with closed-source program? closed-source program are scrutinize by their users... they fix it without relying with external you so called "technically-capable ones" people... > If indeed you are very clever, and the program you designed is indeed > innovative, the rest of the world will agree with you and validate your > skills. of course... > What's even better is that the world helps you improve your work by honestly > citing your flaws and recommends ways to better it. now can you even considered that open source programmers are best coders? fooler. _ Philippine Linux Users Group. Web site and archives at http://plug.linux.org.ph To leave: send "unsubscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fully Searchable Archives With Friendly Web Interface at http://marc.free.net.ph To subscribe to the Linux Newbies' List: send "subscribe" in the body to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
