[EVALUATION] - E02 - Support for MinGW Open Source Compiler

Diez B. Roggisch deetsNOSPAM at web.de
Mon Feb 14 07:38:47 EST 2005


> One of the most funny things within open-source is that switching:
> 
> first:
> "we have powerfull solutions which beat this and that"
> 
> then:
> "hey, this is just volunteer work"
> 

I don't see the contradiction here. It beats a great deal of commercial
solutions in a lot of ways. But not on every single one of these. And the
_reason_ for beating commercial software in certain aspects is exactly that
somebody stood up and volunteered. Obviously you aren't interested in the
more labour-intensive parts of the os-development.

> 
> But if those answers above were of official nature, I must seriously
> rethink if I can rely on _any_ system which is based on python, as the
> foundation and the community do not care about essential needs and
> requirements.

They might not care about _your_ perceived essential needs. But as lots of
people use python and python based solutions with great commercial success,
you might think of reviewing your needs more critical. After all, there is
no _perfect_ system for all needs.

-- 
Regards,

Diez B. Roggisch



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