Quoting Gerald Timothy Quimpo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > I don't think that's quite fair. sure not everything works. the same > can be said about linux apps. as rick moen said, a lot of linux apps > are unfinished. that's understandable since those apps are generally > free.
Well, strictly speaking, I was saying that a lot of open-source Linux trouble-ticket, help desk / call tracking, CMS/knowledgebase, ERP, resource/asset management, bug-tracking, workflow management, CRM, and project management projects are unfinished. What those have in common is that they're complex projects without a lot of glory to be gained, and that techies tend to consider boring. Writing good, complex code is hard work, so people do that for either money or glory -- or to "scratch their own itches". I think many of the above sorts of projects get started by people who then lose interest and/or get distracted, and/or find out it's tougher than it looked. Also, because they're considered boring, buzzword-ridden infrastructure apps, few people have bothered to document what's already available, so people keep starting new projects rather than finishing those that already exist. I'm hoping to help fix this problem. I haven't even really tried to catalogue the proprietary applications in those categories. > perhaps a better comparison would be between freeware windows apps and > free linux apps. or between payware windows apps and payware linux > apps. The terms "freeware" and "payware" concern cost, but the much more-significant distinction is proprietary vs. open-source, which is a different concept entirely. (Nothing prevents open-source from being the object of sales activity and thus being "commercial" or "payware". It happens every day.) -- Cheers, The shortest distance between two puns is a straightline. Rick Moen [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ 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]
