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LukeA · 05-23-2013, 06:03 PM

Mitch,

I guess I just have a hard time accepting the default notion that open source = toy. I see them as an alternative to commercial, not-necessarily-better software. Apache Web Server is an example - in spite of its headaches (I managed a server farm for several years so I know about the headaches), it is definitely a professional grade product.

My default position is that open source should endeavour to be the best it can be.

BTW - it wasn't that someone asked me to help them - I just picked up a previously worked on project. No skills were asked for or offered. And since I've been retired for a few years, picking up HTML/CSS/regex etc again has been a memory refresher; I didn't realize I'd forgotten so much!

05-23-2013, 06:03 PM	#21
LukeA Member Posts: 14 Karma: 10 Join Date: May 2013 Device: Sony Reader PRS T1	Mitch, I guess I just have a hard time accepting the default notion that open source = toy. I see them as an alternative to commercial, not-necessarily-better software. Apache Web Server is an example - in spite of its headaches (I managed a server farm for several years so I know about the headaches), it is definitely a professional grade product. My default position is that open source should endeavour to be the best it can be. BTW - it wasn't that someone asked me to help them - I just picked up a previously worked on project. No skills were asked for or offered. And since I've been retired for a few years, picking up HTML/CSS/regex etc again has been a memory refresher; I didn't realize I'd forgotten so much! Last edited by LukeA; 05-23-2013 at 06:06 PM.