85% languages (was Re:Linux fat/bloated)

[billt-lxSQFCZeNF4 at public.gmane.org]

> 
> When I write software for my own use, I put in enough features to satisfy
> my needs (or the most critical ones), I hack up a user interface that works
> well enough for me, and I document that stuff that isn't totally obvious to
> me or that I think that I'll forget.  I generally keep such software to
> myself, by some end up in wider circulation.  In these cases, I don't care
> whether anyone else wants something done better -- if they do, they are at
> liberty to do it.  If they give me money, I'll do it.  If they complain to
> me, I put them in my kill-file and never hear from them again.

I do take bug reports. I may decide after the bug is reported it is working as designed or not reproducable, or Its a limitation not a bug. If they persist then they fall into the killfile.
> 
> This sort of software isn't pretty, because it answers a need that *I*
> have.  However, other people have often found it useful, and in some cases
> have built on my basic work to produce some quite full-featured products.
> Bully for them!  In one or two cases, I have even used their versions
> rather than my own, although I usually use my own.
> 
I prefer that they submit the changes for incorporation into the next version.

> When I find someone else's software that does most of what I want, I may
> ask them for some advice, or for explanations about why they did things in
> some specific ways, but if I want it to work differently, the onus is on
> *ME* to change it, not them.  Sometimes I pick up the remnants of dead
> projects and resurrect them enough to fit my needs.
> 
> You gets what you pays for.
> 
 That is my attitude. And also my attidue is that linux requires a bit of sweat equity. If you don't want to invest that sweat equity don't use linux. If you are paid to use linux then stop complaining and learn how to use linux.

Bill

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