It just makes it even harder for people to even approach the (open source) side, when they then end up having to worry about public humiliation.

I used to be interested in Windows NT, but the more I see it, the more it looks like traditional Windows with a stabler kernel. I don't find anything technically interesting there.

I really never wanted to do source control management at all and felt that it was just about the least interesting thing in the computing world .

Shareware tends to combine the worst of commercial software with the worst of free software.

Let's put it this way: if you need to ask a lawyer whether what you do is "right" or not, you are morally corrupt. Let's not go there. We don't base our morality on law.

I want my office to be quiet. The loudest thing in the room - by far - should be the occasional purring of the cat.

I think that freely available software can not only keep up with the evolution of commercial software, but often exceed what you can do commercially.