FW: Why Open Source Sucks for the Consumer

[Lucas Vogel]

This is kind of interesting...

-----Original Message-----
From: Guido van Rossum [mailto:guido@beopen.com]
Sent: Friday, August 25, 2000 11:18 AM
To: Jean Camp
Cc: fsb@crynwr.com
Subject: Re: Why Open Source Sucks for the Consumer


> Linux is not only not ready for prime time its not even ready for
> pay-per-view.

Hear, hear.  Amen.

I *still* haven't figured out how to tell my machine the proper
timezone (there's a configuration program that appears to let me set
it, but it's utterly ignored).

Floppy management is pathetic (the default in this -- commercially
"supported") version isn't even good to read/write DOS floppies, the
only relevant exchange format).

I can't sync my palmpilot -- there's an application, but configuration
is impossible and there's no information.

And so on.

--Guido van Rossum (home page: http://www.pythonlabs.com/~guido/)