Thread: what has "open source" and "linux" phone/tablet maemo os brought us?
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2010-06-08 , 04:25
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#95
Originally Posted by mmurfin87 View Post
Organization + Financial Incentives = Excellent Code

There's a reason the best "open source" products have developed hierarchies and thats because without hierarchies code developed by more than one person is either **** or doesn't work, usually both.

Companies have hierarchies. Its implicit in how they work. Furthermore, companies (generally) have financial incentives.

The beauty of this is that companies that don't produce good code die out. Open source projects just linger.
Do you even WORK in IT where is code is written ? Have you ever written code COMMERCIALLY in a corporation ?

Companies that dont produce good code die out ??!!? hahahhaha

I am sorry, to ANYONE to has written code extensively in a corporate environment, your statements show how naive you are (or you are a marketing/managerial person). I suggest you go read Dilbert to find out why the final code written in a corporate environment often sux (hint: most of the time it has nothing to do with coder skills). And yes, Dilbert is much closer to the truth then you think.

I guess you think Microsoft Internet Explorer is the best thing since sliced bread vs open source alternatives like FireFox. Or that Windows is the most secure OS ever devised.

Anyone who says 1 is inherently superior to the other is dumb as nuts. It all depends on what specificially you are talking about. e.g. you will find ZERO very good games in Open Source (they are all closed), but you will find the best in browsers etc.