From: Hal Fulton <hal9000@...>
Date: 2004-02-02T07:34:04+09:00
Subject: Re: (OT) Open Source != Do it yourself (was: Re: Ruby 1.8.1 REXML performance)

Zach Dennis wrote:
> 
> Open Source is wonderful. It allows folks to focus on the best possible
> service they can offer and not on "mine mine mine" concept that children at
> the age of 2 get so well. Perhaps that is my new fav analogy of Open Source
> vs. Closed Source developers. Open Sourcer's are compared to children older
> then that of 2 who have learned to share, while Closed Source developers can
> be compared to children at the age of 2. I wonder what'll happen when
> developers reach adolesence. =)

They will stop programming and focus on the opposite sex.

Hal