Re: [NTLK] Shout out to developers

On Sep 3, 2006, at 6:06 AM, Jon Glass wrote:

> I don't mean just "not crashing" but not in a constant state of
> flux, never finishing.
>
> I guess I say all that to say that even if this is Open Source, it
> needs to be viewed as product not project.

Actually these are very good points, but they also seem to indicate
that given some more time these projects might eclipse some of the
products that currently exist.

Since OSS developers do continue to work on and refine a project,
this is seemingly a good thing in the end. Firefox seems the best
example of this type of issue. It takes quite a while longer then it
might with commercial software, as there is no one to foot the bill
for people to sit and code full time.

Still I think this isn't a finished argument, and we may still see
the OSS projects come out looking more polished and complete then we
currently imagine.

Certainly Open source Office apps on the mac have a long way to go in
my opinion ;~)

Marty

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