[discuss] Re: Re: Official request for rectification of Mr. Andrew Brown's article

2005-12-10 Thread Andrew Brown
Chad Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]: > He is not against OOo, he is not against Open Source, and he is by no > means a MS plant. He is simply, honestly, and correctly, pointing out > several shortcomings in the OOo project, and using that (or should I > say *this*) pro

[discuss] Re: Re: Official request for rectification of Mr. Andrew Brown's article

2005-12-11 Thread Andrew Brown
"M. Fioretti" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in news:20051211181758.GC28676 @mclink.it: >> from your words it seems FOSS projects have the *duty* to satisfy >> whatever need of whatever user. > > No, I don't think so at all, sorry for the misunderstanding. FOSS > developers or projects do *not* have t

Re: [discuss] Re: Re: Official request for rectification of Mr. Andrew Brown's article

2005-12-11 Thread Ian Lynch
On Sat, 2005-12-10 at 20:58 +, Andrew Brown wrote: > I'm not a coder either. I have written some small macros that no one else > did first. But I do think it's clear that the open source model is not > universally applicable. Did anyone ever think that it was? Well perhaps RMS and a few ide