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What Happened to the Vision in Open Source?

posted by LaminatorX on Sunday March 23 2014, @03:47PM   Printer-friendly
from the Bizarre-Cathedrals dept.

An anonymous coward writes:

"An interesting article about the shift in open source from idealistic to pragmatic. The author compares the relative obscurity of FOSS software such as MediaGoblin and KDE's MakePlayLive co-op to commercial software. The article then goes on to discuss the split between FOSS's goal to provide freedom to users and to provide high-quality software. Also mentioned is the split between commercial and non-commercial FOSS."

 
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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 23 2014, @10:56PM

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday March 23 2014, @10:56PM (#20060)

    Somebody remind me: What does the non-FOSS world have that is comparable to the Mint Software Center [netupd8.com] (or any package manager)?
    They've had decades. Surely they have a competitive app.
    Warning: If somebody mentions something that only does OS updates and won't find/download/install/update/uninstall[1] the apps, he is going to get a Bzzzzzzt.

    [1] Did Windoze uninstallers ever get to the point that they don't leave turds everywhere?

    -- gewg_