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Posted in Free/Libre Software, GNU/Linux, IBM, Red Hat at 7:53 am by Dr. Roy Schestowitz
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http://techrights.org/videos/canta-series.webm
Summary: Over-engineering or addition of unnecessary complexity (or contrariwise the removal of useful features) is a subject Free-as-in-Freedom software advocates ought to discuss more openly/freely
THE appeal to novelty or fake novelty has long been an issue in the technical community. There are many examples of that in the GNU/Linux community. Mozilla Firefox, for example, threw out a lot of functionality in the name of “performance” or so-called ‘UX’, in the process throwing under the bus many volunteer developers, who had helped enhance Firefox.
“Part I (not the introduction) of Daniel’s article ought to be ready for publication later today.”Daniel ‘Canta’ wrote about it last year (original in Spanish) and we’ve just started publishing in English his latest long essay in Spanish.
The above video is my personal view on the latest subject that Daniel tackles. The series won’t contain my own views but his own, so this is my only chance to express my personal take.
Part I (not the introduction) of Daniel’s article ought to be ready for publication later today. █
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