What's Wrong With the FOSS Community?

An anonymous reader writes "Patrick McFarland, one of the major Free Software Magazine authors, has completed his second article on whats wrong with the Free/Open Source Software (FOSS) community, and what we face in this world. He touches on ESR's Cathedral and the Bazaar essay briefly, and warns against cherry-picking style software development."

What's wrong with Santa Claus

[Harmonious Botch]

I'm pissed. I'm disgusted. Santa is in dire need of some improvements. When he brings all the presents, he does it in the middle of the night, so I have to wait until the morning to get them. When I do get up in the morning to see what I got, all that trashy wrapping paper is in the way, delaying my enjoyment.
Also he drinks all the milk and eats all the cookies!

someday ...

[El_Muerte_TDS]

Someday Linux will be replaced, someday X will be replaced, someday GNOME will be replaced.

Someday pigs will fly
Someday hell will freeze over
Someday bears will be catholic and popes will shit in the woods
Someday poeple will stop using weasel words

Re:no leadership?

[Sponge Bath]

Unlike in the Cathedral, the Bazaar has no official leadership.

Sometimes that is preferable to Archbishop Balmer flinging the Holy Chair of Antioch.

Re:People.. the same as any community

[Moofie]

"which are inherently broken."

Speak for yourself. I'm just fine, thank you!

Re:we need artists and bug hunters

[LindseyJ]

Because crossword puzzles have a solution.

Re:People.. the same as any community

[AJWM]

Exactly.

I'm not broken, just unintelligently designed.