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to: Geo.
from: Jeff Shultz
date: 2002-12-11 21:36:58
subject: Re: Most Unsecure OS? Yep, It`s Linux

From: Jeff Shultz 

On Wed, 11 Dec 2002 06:21:24 -0500, "Geo."  wrote:

>"Joe Barr"  wrote in message
>news:3df69c57$1{at}w3.nls.net...
>
>> When a programmer fixes an open source bug, everyone benefits, not just
>> the programmer.
>
>but you said it right there, when a PROGRAMMER fixes..
>
>what advantage is this to a USER? Do you somehow believe there are less bugs
>in open source products than in closed source products cause I sure don't
>believe open/closed has anything to do with the quality of the product.
>
Frequently in the Open Source world they are one and the same.

What, you think the licence should require proof of a CS degree before
they'll let you have the source code?

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