Eric Rostetter wrote: > Quoting Colin Alston <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > >> Is there any reason Clam are incapable of stabilising on a configuration >> format >> > > No, they are quite capable of doing this, but the choose not to. That > is their right and privilege. And doing so might slow or stop progress. > > IMHO, this is one of the reasons free software doesn't go to the masses. I have worked in both worlds - proprietary and free software - and this last one lacks in many aspects that proprietary code takes care of: being friendly. There is a myth in free software that who is going to use that is (or should be) highly technical, so who cares about being nice. This is almost a rule for software mainly used by sys admins.
I have seem many nice software (clamav is one of them) that the technical skill inside it (its core) is great, but when it comes to the user interface it is always a nightmare. When someone complains about that, there is always a scream in the crowd: hey, this is free software - people dedicating their free time... - what are you expecting? A Windows-way of doing things? Why don't you write your own gui? From my point of view, that's why free and open source software are not welcome out ther sometimes. Regards, Neto. _______________________________________________ Help us build a comprehensive ClamAV guide: visit http://wiki.clamav.net http://www.clamav.net/support/ml
