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This is my favorite thing about using open source tools: they are driven by the "end of quarter" profits that put so much crap out in the the commercial environment.

Ideally, we could get that mindset to move upstream to customers so commercial software could have the same mindset, but I'm not holding my breath.




I risk being misunderstood as rude, but with all sincerity, I couldn't make out what your response is all about.

care to ellaborate?


I believe he meant to say "they are not". The quarterly profit incentive pushes companies to push products out to early or create unnecessary versions.


Ugh, yes, as others obviously smarter than I mentioned, it is that they are NOT driven by those dates. sigh I shouldn't post in the morning.


I think he meant "...they AREN'T driven by..."




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