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Subject:    Re: Thoughts of a KDE sceptic
From:       Mosfet <mosfet () jorsm ! com>
Date:       1999-11-17 1:16:30
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KDvi and KGhostView was written because someone wanted to write it. That
simple. Quit bitching at people who decided to provide you with more
free software than you would have had otherwise. You are not these
people's manager and I doubt they really care about your opinion on what
they should or should not code. 

"Seak, Teng-Fong" wrote:
> 
> Derek Fountain wrote:
> 
> > <snip!>
> >
> > > This is just one example;
> > > there are many others.
> > > I do not want to use a rival Java compiler to the official javac
> > > or a PDF viewer in place of acroread,
> > > simply because I do not believe
> > > they could possibly be as good.
> >
> > And there is the flaw in your argument. Just because you don't believe
> > anyone can produce something which is better than the original, that
> > doesn't mean the idea is correct.
> 
>      I agree with you in this.......
> 
> > In fact, it's wrong. If we all just
> > sit back and use the tools we have, nothing will ever get significantly
> > improved.
> 
>      and this too.  But what's your point?  On the other hand, not being
> able to help the authors of such and such application in programming doesn't
> necessarily mean that we all just sit back and use the tools.  When a bug is
> found, we could send it back to author (or newsgroup or mailing-list) to
> have it solved.  In this way, things will get improved.
> 
> > Competition is what causes innovation.
> 
>      Yes, but don't forget that union is force.  Combining effort will in no
> way reduce innovation.
> 
>      Suppose a project/software got splitted into two independent versions
> maintained by two teams.  A certain bug is found in one version.  It was fed
> back directly to the author and got solved.  But do you think the second
> team will be aware of such bug and solution?  Not necessarily.  Then suppose
> the same bug is found in team 2's version.  It got fed back and hopefully
> got solved.  So, do you think such efforts / time really worth it?
> 
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