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On Wed, Jun 27, 2007 at 01:33:39PM -0700, Bob Blick wrote:
> 
> > > An awful lot of "open source" software sucks.
> 
> Let's see... my iPod has several glaring bugs, and my
> new Samsung refrigerator has a bug so big it makes the
> compressor run 24 hours a day.
> 
> Personally I think the quality of open source software
> is improving and quality of closed source software is
> the same or getting worse.

Open source can always be improved, closed source...

I just noticed that my cell phone has a absurd bug where if you try to
add a name to the address book twice, you get two seperate entries. But
if you try to delete the dupe, both entries are deleted. I ran into when
I needed to get into a building, and the only way was to call my friend
inside with the keys... Not having his phone number meant I got to climb
a rusting 9 story high fire escape with railings just a little above my
knees and a hinged and swinging 30ft ladder at the start with a
*rotating pipe* over one of the rungs 15ft up. (darling building,
spadina and adalaide)

Now if it were open source, I, or someone else, could have fixed that
bug long ago. Instead it will never be fixed and the manufactuer will
likely make the same mistake again.

Of course, if it were open source, chances are the first version would
be made by some teenager in mom's basement, but at least it can improve,
and often does.

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