Re: [NTLK] SkyGuide and other downsides of closed source

From: Michael Bain (UIDnt0102_at_macboy.homeip.net)
Date: Fri Jan 25 2002 - 03:48:03 EST


* Stephanie Maks <steph_at_maksystems.com> [23 Jan 2002 15:33]:
>
> That 3rd reason being: It isn't finished yet. If the software is still
> 'beta' or if I'm not finished developing it yet, or I haven't got all the
> features in it I want. With PassGenR, and now my Wiccan Sabbats program, I
> have made both available as soon as I had a working version, but I don't
> want the source code 'out there' until I'm done developing it. With

Isn't one of the biggest arguments for opening your source code the fact
you can get assistance developing it? Dosen't keeping the source closed
until it's finished negate this advantage? Is there any particular
reason you don't want anyone else to see the source until you're
finished?

Mike "Why must every sentance be a question"

-- 
Michael Bain           | One day I want to look through three hundred    
mike_at_macboy.homeip.net | thousand kilometres of space and say:           
                       | "My isn't there a beautiful Earth out tonight!" 

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