[Cialug] Stupid Software; Feature Don't Work!

[Todd Walton]

On Fri, May 30, 2008 at 11:12 AM, Nathan C. Smith
<nathan.smith at ipmvs.com> wrote:
> I think bad software (and I'm not saying the software above is bad) or a tough learning curve
> is easier to put up with when the software is free.  It is the difference in philosophy:
> FOSS: "you get what you get and you don't throw a fit" and commercial+proprietary: "I paid
> for this pile of crap, it had better work".  Glass half full/glass half empty+pockets completely
> empty.

It's like shooting gelatin into a newly dead animal.  That squirrel
will stay fresh looking for years!  But it ain't real no more.

-todd