Marco makes the case over at
Stop blog that private vs. public demands for software have different needs, i.e., proprietary vs. open formats. Simply put: governments can't ask citizens to buy proprietary software to read public data they've already paid for (through taxes).
http://stop.zona-m.n...e-it-to-programmers/He gets letters.
- trying to write programs or websites “for everybody” is something that requires a lot of development time; therefore, unless the customer paid to have something viewable with any browser/operating system, you do it. Otherwise, you DON’T. You try to make happy the makority of users and who gives a f**k if not all versions of Linux support Vmw (a video format) out of the box. Sure, that’s ugly to say, but that’s the way it goes
- I don’t even care much for people who use Open Source Software that they didn’t pay and then demand to be treated as those who paid something
- Here’s a (deliberately) stupid example: if I build my own car myself with my friends, in our spare time, I certainly don’t expect the same performances as an Audi
