On Wed, Apr 21, 2010 at 1:42 PM, Ed Leafe <[email protected]> wrote: > On Apr 21, 2010, at 2:36 PM, Stephen Russell wrote: > >> Open Source is free as in Frustration. >> >> Don't let anyone lie to you and say that it is not. >> >> Just had an install scheduled for Monday 4-26 get derailed because of >> updates. > > > Oh, this is just plain silly. > > You describe a horribly mis-managed project, and proceed to paint all > open-source projects with the same brush. Why they wouldn't be using an LTS > release instead of the cutting-edge release is beyond me, and shows basic > incompetence. Yes, it's true that poor planning and execution can derail any > project, and the licensing of the source code really doesn't affect that. ---------------------------------------
Ed I am an outsider who has to interact with this team and I am the # 1 consumer of their work as of now. They didn't mis-manage this at all. They did a proof of concept on a test server, bought a pair of great servers to learn on and then reproduce the success on. Sorry but this has been a sinking ship since Feb when they started on the first of the pair. You learn what to do and then dupe it. Instead there are many man weeks on the project for this already for teh DUPE box alone. I have no idea what release(s) they used for success on Stage but I can tell you that it doesn't work on the Prod box. The problem may be the vast number of packages they are using to make this all fit together? This is a java app so the add on list is large. Free as in Frustration. I might have to make an eCard with that line on it after they get their act together. As an outside vendor I am waiting on them another month to get this together. The other client within the county won't pay for this because it is still not running. :) We have been on hold Feb, March, April and now into May. That is $$ to my company in receivables that we have billed for but check is in hold mode till it runs. -- Stephen Russell Sr. Production Systems Programmer CIMSgts 901.246-0159 cell _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[email protected] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
