From: Aidan Kehoe (kehoea at domain parhasard.net)
Date: Tue 02 Oct 2001 - 21:26:59 IST
Ar an 2u la de mi 10, scriobh John P. Looney :
> > People who can't understand source code have no interest in buying
> > access to it.
>
> Arse. People who don't understand car engines still want one that can be
> serviced by anyone, not just by the manufacturers sanctioned dealer.
> People just don't know about the source. But they are coming around.
What regular maintenance is needed for software? What oil changes,
what MOT, what punctures need mending? You can always submit bug
reports, no matter the vendor.
> Jimmy didn't like his place, in this world of ours,
>
> > `... when the elephant man broke strong men's necks, when he'd had too
> > many Powers, ...'
>
Oooh, that makes 3 months before someone spotted it. Well done :-)
. Of course, all the other lists I'm on are populated by Yanks, so
*shrug*.
-- `... when the elephant man broke strong men's necks, when he'd had too many Powers, ...'
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