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June 24, 2008

open source just isn’t a very good strategy for fixing ugly

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― Vincent Gable on June 24, 2008

And unfortunately, open source just isn’t a very good strategy for fixing ugly.

Hank Williams.

2 Comments »

  1. Should have left that in the context of symbian. open source has actually done a damn good job of fixing ugly. go look at slackware, then ubuntu, then a customized ubuntu install with all kinds of fancy compiz plugins. bam, pretty open source.

    Comment by mike — June 25, 2008 @ 3:17 pm

  2. Open-sourcing something is inherently design by committee — because you are letting everyone have input. Design by committee does not not make pretty; you need an individual vision, and consistency for that.

    I tried to find pictures of ubuntu, and they didn’t strike me as “bam, pretty open source.” I wouldn’t say hideous, but I wouldn’t say pretty.

    Comment by Vincent Gable — June 28, 2008 @ 2:20 pm

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