[EVALUATION] - E02 - Support for MinGW Open Source Compiler
Ilias Lazaridis
ilias at lazaridis.com
Tue Feb 15 11:07:15 EST 2005
Diez B. Roggisch wrote:
>>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.
Sometimes the core-team must provide infrastructure for volunteers to
contribute (as in this MinGW case).
http://lazaridis.com/core/product/case.html
>>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.
MinGW compatibility is not my need.
It is an community need.
.
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