A question for the open source people
Todd Zullinger
tmz at pobox.com
Thu Jun 19 01:18:11 UTC 2008
Michael Harpe wrote:
> What I have always been curious about is this: how many of you
> actually take advantage of the open source? In other words, how many
> of you really take the source code and do something with it?
>
> Personally I don't. I can program in C, i'm pretty good at it. I've
> just never felt the need to alter the software I use. I'm fine with
> waiting for the new versions as they come out.
I tweak things frequently. Perhaps more importantly, I use the source
code to help ferret out bugs in the programs I run. Often, I can even
provide a patch with my bug reports, even when I'm not all that
proficient in the language the program is written in. :)
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