On Wed Oct 20 3:05 , Shridhar Daithankar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> sent:
Because it allows people to work on code more, keep it updated and get in touch with each other over internet.
If there was no internet, there wouldn't be so much of OSS today..That is a very weak argument. OSS developers have been sharing code when the best connections available were 14.4K dialups. Cheap broadband doesn't make more people develop open source software.
Few arguments..
- Development process includes testing. In OSS, users are testers as well. More downloads means more testing..
- Availability of broadband helps. I never said it is the only factor promoting OSS.
Try participating in a active project, say linux kernel on a dial-up. You would soon notice why you need broadband..
Shridhar
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