jimid2 said:
The PSP community can be rough around the edges, but I've been taken to task here for calling an unfinished and long-abandoned EMU "half-assed" (a perfectly valid evaluation, imo)
Because calling something somebody has worked for a long time on for no pay and then
given to you "half-assed" makes you a tit?
You know, if I work on something for a while, applying my time and talent to it, and then walk away from it when it's incomplete, and someone calls it "half-assed", I'm intelligent enough, mature enough, and man enough to say, "Yep. You're right. I was lazy. I didn't bother finishing it." And then I might ask "
Why don't you?" I would not, however, be so audacious as to tell him he has no right to make that observation. So, I don't feel I need some over-sensitive prima donna programmer to tell me I have no right to call a spade a spade, especially when he's not even the guy who wrote the code I'm criticizing in the first place. I'm sick to death of the whole "you didn't pay for it so you have no right to notice its numerous and glaring faults" school of programming. This is especially true if a large community of fans point at an unfinished program as a reason to buy a $200 piece of hardware, making some pretty darned "optimistic" claims about it in the process - honestly, I almost feel obligated to point out it's flaws then, if for no other reason than it might help the next guy make a better buying decision. Does that make me a tit? I don't care; things do cost more than just "money" in this world. Ultimately, I'm interested in the usability, stability and functionality of the software I spend the precious and irrecoverable
time of my life acquiring, installing and using.
Okay, so that probably reads a little strong, but I'm tired of tip-toeing around this subject. If I don't bother to finish a job properly, I don't see that should mean I get a free ride just 'cause I'm not charging $$ for it. In my opinion, the bottom line
should be that if I can't be bothered finishing the program, I should at least put the source out there, easily and publicly available, so someone else can finish it in my stead...
my 2¢ (dons flame-retardant suit)
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