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/prog/: Friends and Foes

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-10 10:52

Here we build a list of friends and foes of /prog/. I'll start!

Friends:
- /prog/snake

Unsure:
- Richard Stallman
- The Sussman

Foes:
- Feminists

Name: Anonymous 2012-06-10 21:50

>>11
the ability to install on any amount of machines without paying more for licensing
Only really relevant for server clusters
fast responses to bugs if there is an active community
Or you could use software that can afford QA so there are no major bugs. The "bazaar" method of QA doesn't really work when you're an end-user trying to get something done with it.
the ability to extend the project for your own purposes and uses
You can extend proprietary software with plugin SDKs (if provided).

>>13
Kinda nullifies the benefit of FOSS not costing any money.

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