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:A Letter to the Wall Street Journal--Open Source
A Letter to the Wall Street Journal--Open Source
Sep 14, 2007, 16 :30 UTC (3 Talkback[s]) (5190 reads)

(Other stories by Bob Zurek)

"Today, Walter K. Mossberg provided his perspective about Linux and in particular, his experiences with Ubuntu. Although I agreed with most of his observations, I took issue with his commentary when he stated 'But open-source is a two-edged sword, While it draws on smart developers from many places, nobody is ultimately responsible for the quality of the product, and open-source developers often have an imperfect feel for how average people use software.'

"Here is my letter to Mr. Mossberg today..."

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"nobody is ultimately responsible for th ...   Fit for purpose   
Nomen Publicus
Sep 14, 2007, 18:17:25
 
I saw that too but thought about somethi ...   Re: Fit for purpose   
barney
Sep 14, 2007, 21:01:35
 
Singling out open source for these issue ...   Basically Correct   
Richard Steven Hack
Sep 14, 2007, 21:36:46
 
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