What would it be like if the only person who could ever fix problems with your house was the contractor who built it originally? That is the kind of imposition that's involved in proprietary software.

Richard Stallman, http://www.gnu.org/gnu/byte-interview.html

01.31.10

Former Christian Apologizes for Being Such a Huge Shit Head for all Those Years

Posted in Religion at 12:30 pm

Great open letter at My Sister’s Farmhouse.

01.21.10

Downsides to Dogfooding

Posted in Software Development at 3:54 pm

My pal Mars Saxman had some interesting things to say against the development paradigm of dogfooding, using this related article at jalf.dk as a springboard. I have to say, there are some excellent points.