FC2 doubtful quality?

Patrick Boutilier boutilpj at ednet.ns.ca
Tue Jun 22 14:11:19 UTC 2004



Timothy Murphy wrote:
> Patrick Boutilier wrote:
> 
> 
>>>Unhappy customer: "This car I got from you last week doesn't run well at
>>>all.  Sometimes, it doesn't start and, every so often, it stalls, even
>>>on the freeway at high speed."
>>>
>>>Salesman: "Well then fix it.  You have the tools."
>>>
>>>
>>>  hmmm .... nope, doesn't sound persuasive in *that* context, either.
>>
>>
>>If you went into the car lot and they gave you a car for free, why not?
> 
> 
> Do you realise what a dis-service you do to Fedora
> by suggesting that because it is free
> you shouldn't complain if it doesn't work?

File a bug report but don't get all PO'ed if it doesn't get fixed right 
away. You seem to think that Fedora owes you support or something.

> 
> In my (very long) experience
> the quality of Unix/Linux/RedHat/Fedora is very high
> and does not need "salesmen" telling you
> that you mustn't expect it to work properly.
> 
> All software has bugs.
> These are due to mistakes on someone's part,
> and should be corrected as soon as possible.

If you can't wait until they are fixed fix them yourself or use 
something else. You have a choice.

> 
> 
> 





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