Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome)

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From: msissom
Date: Wed, 14 Oct 1998 00:00

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On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 09:32:45 -0700, jedi@dementia.mishnet () wrote:

>On Tue, 13 Oct 1998 15:31:12 GMT, msissom@dnaent.com <msissom@dnaent.com> wrote:
>>Nonsense, without even resorting to legalsleaze hair splitting, there
>>are faults in every product available on every market. You expect a
>>perfect product from one particular industry even though you happily
>>accept imperfection in every other product that you purchase.
>
>	People seldom tolerate the level of poor quality present
>	in the software market in any other area. People simply
>	know better and know that they can and should expect
>	better with no technophobia or anti-intellectuallisms
>	to hinder their exploration and understanding of the
>	subject.

This toleration is simply evidence of the immaturity of the
marketplace. Cars and car manufacturers were around for a
century before we had "Lemon-Laws" and recalls by the
manufacturers. Read up on some automotive history. You will find
that early models were often unreliable. Sound familiar?

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From: msissom@dnaent.com
Subject: Re: Society's access to source code (was Re: KDE v. Gnome)
Date: 1998/10/14
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