4 Dec
2017
4 Dec
'17
1:28 p.m.
Hi,
On Mon, Dec 4, 2017 at 12:12 PM Louigi Verona <louigi.verona(a)gmail.com>
wrote:
Nothing in the concept of FLOSS promises floss
software to actually be
more high quality or more stable. All it guarantees is that you can
distribute it and modify. So why would it magically be more stable than
proprietary?
No, I get you're serious - more amused by how different your experience is
to my own - I'm sure I can crash a Mac by looking at them. ;-) I'm not
necessarily saying that there aren't problems, but that it's far less
likely in my experience that a FLOSS system that's working solidly one day
will behave differently the next.
But actually there is something in FLOSS that I think does sometimes make
for more stable software, if less featured - there's no money to be made in
fixing bugs.
Mind you, my usual response to anyone asking me why I work with FLOSS is
that I got fed up of paying for software that doesn't work properly - we've
got all our own shit that doesn't work properly, but at least I don't feel
like I've been screwed over. ;-)
Best wishes,
Neil
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