Linked by Bob "number9" Minvielle on Fri 13th Jun 2003 18:51 UTC
Having written open source software myself, and being a subscriber to mailing lists, etc, there is a realization that the number one thing missing from smaller open source projects is feedback from users.
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Say what you like about the technological merits of open source software, but the people who make it usually are selfish, ignorant, fun & power centric, extreamly arrogant, have very poor people skills and poor neurological intuititive abilities from consistantly being on the autistic spectrum, and don't really care a damn about society at large. When you've got people like this making the software, and we do, this is why software is so bad. Having open source only worsens this effect because programmers rather than management have final say on design decisions. If society was different, then open source software would be good, but as it is, open source software is strictly for technical users and uses only.
I'm using Mozilla now, but I know its poorly designed gui & flamer slashscreen would confuddle many in their 40s. Try to get any programmer to see why... and they'll never understand. A programmer with the people skills & intuition of the average member of the female species is as rare as a 4 leaf clover.