Re: Wayland Is Coming

On Wed, 15 May 2024 05:55:15 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:

On Tue, 14 May 2024 07:37:39 -0000 (UTC), Muttley wrote:
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On Mon, 13 May 2024 22:59:39 -0000 (UTC)
Lawrence D'Oliveiro <ldo@nz.invalid> wrote:
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Get coding, then! Show us how you can come up with something better than
that nasty, tewwible Wayland!

 
Ah, that tired old riposte.

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Tired of Open Source already? To paraphrase Samuel Johnson: “Those who are
tired of Open Source, are tired of life!”

Inapproproate paraphrasing doesn't make your position any more tenable.

"If you don't like it write something yourself!"

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That’s where all Open Source comes from. It doesn’t write itself, you
know. Here you are criticizing something you were given for free: if you
don’t like it, do what the developers of that software did: create
something new yourself.
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If I don't like a book should I write my own? If I don't like a car
shall I build my own?

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Yes, and yes. Where do you think all those books and cars came from?

I have little time for the "If you don't like it then do your own version
or else just suck it up". Its lazy and dismissive. Why do you think so many
companies have panels that check out their products and give feedback?

OSS has many advantages but one disadvantage is that unlike a commercial
operation it can't go out of business no matter how shit the product and
there's little incentive for the author to listen to users if he doesn't
want to.