On Tuesday 11 September 2007 00:41, Rony wrote:
Pradeepto Bhattacharya wrote:
Hi,
On 9/9/07, Rony ronbillypop@yahoo.co.uk wrote:
I don't have Gutsy or Fiesty loaded.
That's not an issue you know. Well if you want updatedpackages you have to upgrade or build it yourself and hopefully they have been fixed. Again if not, file a bug report.
Updated packages with bug fixes should be available through apt repos. However functionality is about wish lists not bugs. Anyway I agree with everything else you said. Maybe libre based packages are going too fast in the development cycle and nothing long term stable results from it.
God you are missing he point completely. A stable rlease is a stable release that works the way it works. EOM. The next release has bigger-better-faster-yak things in it. That is the point of doing a new release u know. An it's a never ending story. Otherwise we would still be in the trees like ximians instead of gnomes at the keyboard
Libre software works well for corporates who can afford their own programmers who can make improvements and customizations to the software due to its libre nature.
What do you think are the new releases for?. And you dont pay for it just download and install. And if you find that too difficult stick to what is already installed.
The same is true for the do-it-yourself individuals who will write, compile and modify their own packages. But there is a retail segment where vendors as well as users depend fully on ready binaries and don't have the time to sit and experiment with various versions of software. They need software that works at that time not after bug fixes. I can't give software to a customer saying that "Right now it won't work for you because it has bugs or less functionality but wait for some weeks or months, and the problem will definitely get fixed". Till then what should the customer do?
The customer depends on YOU and pays YOU to provide that service. If you cant maintain a source tree (even that is maintained by the developers u just sync your tree with theirs and compile) or download a tarball and compile u are in the wrong business.
And if your idea of "working software" is doing things like M$orifice by jove you need a major re education in a gulag.
No siree if u thought that freesoftware is going to give your business a free ride you are wrong. Free software gives you a free ride if you take the trouble of educating your self. All it costs is time.
BTW we have gone thru all the complexities of running a business with foss a hundred times on this list in the past few years. And concluded that u need skill AND a business plan or tons of cash AND a business plan.
Why are you raising the same old non issues?.