bla bla bla bla open source is better blablabla.... let me ask a question.... how come microsoft always has the top of the line software, they have the best browser, the best office suite, and hmmmm oh a good media player that actually works!!! in linux i had to bang my head first before making it work! and it doesnt even work as good as windows!!
...and also, how come there are "linux ports"... when a program for windows matures into a very very good version, there are "linux ports"... how come there arent any "windows ports" does this mean that MS and and closed source is the way to go, in the sense of innovation??? i dont see something like that in the open source community, they always seem to port windows progs to linux. there's no innovation there.... dont get me wrong i love linux! i was just wondering......
i also hate hearing M$ sucks!!!! fuck winblows!!! cmon, we are not activists here...there is no "cause"!! we are just ordinary people trying to get by. :-) so stop the bitching about windows please...Bill Gates is a great geek, he started his company from scratch thru his "cleverness" and wits. but hey behind every great fortune is a crime. i think as a businessman Bill Gates is one of the best!! i dont care what the others think!
fooler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
----- 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...
> W ith 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 code rs 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.
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