From: Tony Williams 

Geo. wrote:
> "Mike '/m'"  wrote in message
> news:5l49vushnkvmoq7ve7shnf3ct9r54ld8bb{at}4ax.com...
>
>
>>Just because a feature (in this case, source code availability) is
>>present does not mean that every user has to use that feature.
>
>
> But your argument is like saying a cpu is better simply because it comes
> with appendix G of the manual. Have you found your computer lacking because
> you don't have appendix G?

Yes. Or rather, it's lacking because appendix G isn't available to
developers so they can't use whatever information it provides to write
better apps.

Remember: most software is written in-house for in-house use, and these
programmers aren't going to have the clout to get "secret"
documents from Intel.

--
Tony

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