Linked by Amjith Ramanujam on Sun 13th Jul 2008 19:28 UTC, submitted by troy.unrau
Groklaw has interviewed KDE about some recent misconceptions about KDE 4. "There has been a bit of a dustup about KDE 4.0. A lot of opinions have been expressed, but I thought you might like to hear from KDE. So I wrote to them and asked if they'd be willing to explain their choices and answer the main complaints. They graciously agreed."
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RE[2]: A quote from the LHB
by google_ninja on Sun 13th Jul 2008 22:11
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Member since:2006-02-05
I'm sorry, but the fact of the matter is that in the real world FOSS software is in that regard usually better off than its commercial counterpart.
Depends on what software. Low level infrastructure stuff, I would agree. High level GUI stuff however is usually buggy as hell, and it is like pulling teeth to get anyone in the project to listen to you.
RE[3]: A quote from the LHB
by Sheld on Sun 13th Jul 2008 22:31
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Member since:2005-12-21
And tell me, when was the last time that MS fixed a bug you reported to them? or added a feature you asked for?
And don't tell me Word, Outlook, IE, Visio, etc. has never crashed on you, taking away your time or your work. There is this bug with MS Word, where it crashes with a 'not enough memory' when opening a document. It's been there since Office 95, instead of fixing it, MS gives me a ribbon instead... Yes, Companies are so much better at listening to their users, sure.
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2005-12-21
No, he's not. And he is, probably full knowingly, misinterpreting the quote. What is being said is that the time KDE developers spend on new features could not be spent on lower level stuff like the usual whiners keep pretending. He makes it appear to be about QA and how FOSS developers don't test/debug their code.
I'm sorry, but the fact of the matter is that in the real world FOSS software is in that regard usually better off than its commercial counterpart.