I miss being able to buy a complete 3rd party component for $400 that came with great docs and tech support.
Yeah, there are some excellent, well documented OSS libraries out there, but they are the minority and there's no one who feels obligated to help you if you need a small improvement or moderate bug, cause no one took money from you.
Imho, the trade-off isn't worth it (free but self serve support) for professional development.
Yeah, there are some excellent, well documented OSS libraries out there, but they are the minority and there's no one who feels obligated to help you if you need a small improvement or moderate bug, cause no one took money from you.
Imho, the trade-off isn't worth it (free but self serve support) for professional development.