Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on July 16, 2003 02:47 PM
You know, this is a point that doesn't get made often enough:
Open Source software has to mature like any other software package. People often think that OSS is unpolished because the 0.x releases, betas, and so on are downloadable by anyone. However, the reality is that if the software package were commercial, no-one (bar beta testers) would use the software until it went gold.
Time is of the essence. Mozilla struggled to get anywhere for 4 years, but look how far it's come in the past 12-18 months! Hopefully OGo will be the same.
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Re:Nonsense -- OSS attitude beats the alternative
Posted by: Anonymous Coward on July 16, 2003 02:47 PMOpen Source software has to mature like any other software package. People often think that OSS is unpolished because the 0.x releases, betas, and so on are downloadable by anyone. However, the reality is that if the software package were commercial, no-one (bar beta testers) would use the software until it went gold.
Time is of the essence. Mozilla struggled to get anywhere for 4 years, but look how far it's come in the past 12-18 months! Hopefully OGo will be the same.
-- GuruJ.
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