On Fri, Feb 29, 2008 at 05:35:10PM -0500, Steve Brown wrote: > Eero wrote: > > > I don't quite understand. You're unhappy if thing's closed source, > > but you're also unhappy if Nokia uses Open Source project to which it > > has contributed or even actually started the project initially as > > Open Source??? > > > I think he is just unhappy with the news reader (you know, what he > said)... I hate crappy OSS as much as I hate any CSS. It's nice to have > OSS, but that doesn't mean you release crap and expect people to fix it or > _even use it as some sort of defense_! If you released it, it's YOUR > problem. If you had that attitude, you probably should have had the decency > to place a big stamp on the Internet Tablets saying "Technical coders with > free time only". I'm a technical coder with free time, so I'm not angry, but > please don't use OSS as an excuse to release crappy software and not do > anything about it or even deny that you have some sort of responsibility for > it (which is what you did by totally dodging the real problem and hiding > behind OSS). > -Steve Brown Uhm? Have you read the whole thread? Eero replied to a mail saying that: 1) Nokia should release more sw as open source 2) Sw released by Nokia as open source from the start of the project didn't count ciao Luca
