Re: Open source?

[Ralf Stephan]

Benedikt:
> I've had this question come up so many times: "Where are the sources for
> object X?". It is truly bizzare that there are users out there that don't
> have a copy of the source or even the HTML documentation.

We have a saying in German "Those who can read have a clear advantage".
I mean, where is the limit?  You can have nice packages, FTP archives,
FAQs, and even then, people will ask all over again.  And it's not
their fault, very often they were brainwashed in education with the MS 
approach of hiding ASCII (in Germany too, of course).

Evolution in action?
 
> I think essentially that no one should be using this thing without having
> a copy of the source code AND the documentation. Looking at source is
> always the best way to learn. Grep is your friend.

Amen, brother.


ralf
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