Wholly unnecessary flame. (was Re: pyXML!)

Neil Schemenauer nas at arctrix.com
Thu Sep 28 15:56:33 EDT 2000


[Tim on the low percentage of Windows and Mac hackers]
> The availability of development tools isn't enough to account for it;
> neither sheer number of users nor their platform expertise.

How about the availability of development tools and the source code to
most of the applications?  This combination invites certain types of
people to tinker.  These people stand a chance of going on and becoming
active participants on the development process rather than remaining
merely Consumers of Binaries.

  Neil




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