[SLL] Actual Mainstream Criticism rather than just in the family here...

[Xeno Campanoli]

Rob Smith wrote:
> On Dec 19, 2007 6:50 PM, Xeno Campanoli <xcampanoli at gmail.com> wrote:

It sounds to me like you're just rabidly against Quality Assurance as a
process.  That's a lousy excuse to be involved in open source software.
 If you really believe all that, then Microsoft is the true refuge for
you.  Open Source people want quality software that optimally serves its
user community, not a bloody sandbox where incompetent engineers can
hide their turds.

> The whole world already has it, sitting there on the web for anyone
> who wants it to grab it.
> 
> The idea that the world needs it beyond what it has already is more
> fanaticism then anything else. Attempting to force people who really
> don't want or care only serves to dilute the entire idea behind it. We
> need people who believe in their own freedom and will offer it to
> others as they seek it out, but we don't need people who try to force
> freedom on other people. When they want it, they'll seek it out. It's
> not like it's a small movement anymore.
> 

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