[Coco] vcc and WIDTH command when using HDB-DOS

[Christopher R. Hawks]

On Mon, 27 Oct 2014 21:35:17 +0100
Tormod Volden <lists.tormod at gmail.com> wrote:

> On Mon, Oct 27, 2014 at 9:41 AM, Nick Marentes wrote:
> > On 27/10/2014 9:34 AM, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
> >>
> >> I'm sorry that you have been another victim of the trouble caused
> >> when people redistribute software from unofficial sites.
> >> Unfortunately this seems to be a cancer in our small community.
> >>
> > The other part of this problem is the "open source" concept itself.
> 
> I am amazed that you can call this a part of the problem.
> 
> >
> > When the source code is distributed freely (legit or non-legit),
> > this allows every man and his dog to mod/hack at it and release
> > another version of the software.
> 
> This a huge advantage of open-source software.
> 
> And if you replace "every man" with "bad boys" it would be very true
> for closed-source software. If you google for any closed-source piece
> of software you'll get plenty of hits from "download" sites offering
> outdated and virus-infected versions.
> 
> >
> > I'm all for open source but there needs to be a single distributor
> > of the official version to prevent "version chaos".
> 
> There always is. But it is often easier to redistribute legally
> because of permissive licensing, than typical closed-source software.
> And like many things in a liberal society, that it is legal does not
> always mean it is good.
> 
> A problem is if redistributors don't inform about the "upstream"
> official site. And google zombies who stop after the first link.
> 
> As also goes for closed-source software, there is a possibility that
> the originally official distributor stops working on the software,
> sometimes without notice. At least for open-source software there is
> the possibility for someone to take over and become the new official
> distributor.
> 
> Now for Vcc, it is closed-source software, so is quite funny that Nick
> uses this thread to bad-mouth open-source software. Vcc is a prime
> example of the problems with closed-source software.
> 
> Tormod
> 

+1 (actually +2 considering Nick's next comment)


Christopher R. Hawks
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