On Tuesday 19 May 2009 18:07:47 Krishnakant wrote:
On Tue, 2009-05-19 at 17:56 +0530, Kenneth Gonsalves wrote:
there is one fundamental principle one follows in criticising/commenting on open source applications:
the developer gets to choose his platform and his tools. It is counter productive to give long arguments about his choice. He is not going to change especially after putting in a hell of a lot of hard work. Criticise the application - tear it to pieces, but respect his choice of the colour he uses to paint his bike shed.
"especially putting in a hell lot of efords ", One must also realise that if "hell lot of efords are put in " this probably means that the developer or developers have some insight into the product they are using. So perhaps there is a way to overcome the so called *weekness* of a particular system and the developers already know it, given the fact they have used it for more than a year.
Yeah and the problem with that assumption is that the developers also have the knowledge of administration. They don't, but they assume that they do.
IMHO, developers are over rated. Just because you've put in a great deal of effort into something doesn't mean its correct. That way, I'm sure the teams that get relegated put in a lot of efforts, possibly even more than the Champions. Just because you've put efforts into it does not mean it doesn't suck.
``He was right. But that doesn't mean he wasn't wrong.''
Mrugesh