[FYI] /.: Open-Source Software and "The Luxury of Ignorance"
Open-Source Software and "The Luxury of Ignorance"
Posted by CowboyNeal on Thursday February 26, @09:04PM
from the software-soapbox dept.
Bootsy Collins writes "Using the recent experience of trying to
configure CUPS on his home network, Eric Raymond has written an
interesting new screed on poor design of user interfaces in general,
and configuration interfaces in particular, in open source software,
entitled The Luxury of Ignorance. A sample quote: 'This kind of
fecklessness is endemic in open-source land. And it's what's keeping
Microsoft in business -- because by Goddess, they may write crappy
insecure overpriced shoddy software, but on this one issue their half-
assed semi-competent best is an order of magnitude better than we
usually manage.'"
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