Posted by: louiscypher
on December 02, 2003 10:44 PM
It was fun while it lasted, but honestly, when was the last time you had your car serviced and the wheels fell off on the way home?
Now how many times have you purchased software with buffer overrun vulnerabilites that segfaulted on install?
Bingo. Most programmers are schlock artists who are pushed in inappropriate ways on unrealistic deadlines, on code bases they understand a tiny fraction of, using libraries with multiple vulnerabilities. Treating the end result as some sacred shrine to the intellect of brilliant programmers worthy of hundreds or thousands of dollars / man hr. is, was, and always will be complete lunacy.
Get really zany and take the same code and refuse to open it to peer review, so it's many defects will never have an opportunity to get properly fixed, and you've just recreated M$. Congratulations.
The massively superior methodology of peer scorn and ridicule endemic to open source simply hasn't (can't?) be equaled in a proprietary methodology. It ain't freakin' rocket science, it's making a logical analysis and recognizing that easiest path often makes a hell of a lot more sense. Then a simple "What the hell, let's do that..." completely fscks an entire industry of cubicle slaves.
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Posted by: louiscypher on December 02, 2003 10:44 PMNow how many times have you purchased software with buffer overrun vulnerabilites that segfaulted on install?
Bingo. Most programmers are schlock artists who are pushed in inappropriate ways on unrealistic deadlines, on code bases they understand a tiny fraction of, using libraries with multiple vulnerabilities. Treating the end result as some sacred shrine to the intellect of brilliant programmers worthy of hundreds or thousands of dollars / man hr. is, was, and always will be complete lunacy.
Get really zany and take the same code and refuse to open it to peer review, so it's many defects will never have an opportunity to get properly fixed, and you've just recreated M$. Congratulations.
The massively superior methodology of peer scorn and ridicule endemic to open source simply hasn't (can't?) be equaled in a proprietary methodology. It ain't freakin' rocket science, it's making a logical analysis and recognizing that easiest path often makes a hell of a lot more sense. Then a simple "What the hell, let's do that..." completely fscks an entire industry of cubicle slaves.
Moo.
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