i agree with you for the most part.

do you think it would be good if we identified issues like the one in this post, and have "mock trials" to identify in advance what the societal position should be? to identify them we could have some kind of crowd commenting and voting system. we would have to pay for all this somehow, maybe with some tax payer funded process. maybe lower costs by using university students that are enrolled in top "phd in law" programs.

either way, i think it is hard to justify paying for things in advance with tax payer money because nobody wants to risk failure and the damage to their careers.

I WOULD LOVE TO SEE GOOGLE SUE INDUSTRY FOR ABUSE

sorry, it's a simple statement so I couldn't emphasize it any more without all capps.

"This is very good news for FreeBSD and BSD in general. Go somewhere and do something to help your pet causes." the poster is pointing out that if this is considered newsworthy in the sense that it is surprising and it should make people happy, we are in a sad state. we should really be complaining that freebsd had to suffer on the path to meeting it's goals, and it took an uprising of good hearted doners to compensate for neglect. this is why the OP is upset, and that comes across. so to talk to you in your own language: you're not being helpful. this is very bad news for consumers and humanity in general. go somewhere and do something intelligent. if youwan't to live in your happy world with happy people go look at some lolcats.

how much does it cost to hold family members of the developers hostage? C++ for the most part is a toy language. it lacks orthogonality and for a mature language it is more of a mess than any pother language that i can think of that is widely used. just look at iostream, disgusting! programmers too stupid for regex's should stick to simple things like chewing gum while walking after tying their own shoe laces. /rant

this article is misleading and upside down.

if an entity has the following charactoristics:
1- good product (quality)
2- product is appreciated (demand)
3- costs are reasonable (feasibility)
4- has a consumer base with spending power (viability)

then it will NECESSARILY meet it's goals. this is basic economics of supply and demand. didn't we all learn this in highschool?

let me fix this article:

"corporations with crap products who raise money with psychological tactics are increasingly finding it difficult to get funding because of the internet."

i would also add: "projects such as netbsd and openbsd that add enormous value to the lives of every human being are underappreciated because the consumer is ignorant of them, and so they fall short of funding goals some times, and it befalls us as responsible technologists to make sure that they continue to protect our interests with the same selfless, joyful, gracious generosity that we have been able to enjoy for so long without giving much in return"

typing this message just left a bad taste in my mouth. to realize that somehow everyone doesn't get this stuff is sad.

-1? wtf

link to audio: http://www.washingtonpost.com/lifestyle/style/petraeus-in-2011-fox-news-interview-im-not-running-for-president/2012/12/03/c0aa0c72-3d6d-11e2-a2d9-822f58ac9fd5_video.html