@bathalumang_peppa@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agoHow a 23-year-old first-time Firefox coder fixed a 22-year-old bugarstechnica.comexternal-linkmessage-square12fedilinkarrow-up1356arrow-down15
arrow-up1351arrow-down1external-linkHow a 23-year-old first-time Firefox coder fixed a 22-year-old bugarstechnica.com@bathalumang_peppa@lemmy.world to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish • 2 years agomessage-square12fedilink
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink94•2 years agoThis is what open source is all about: See a problem with your tool, fix it yourself, and everyone enjoys the improvements.
minus-square@Xanvial@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglish-3•2 years agoI see that this is one of the negative of OSS instead. Seems a lot of people aware of this bug, but there’s no pressure to fix this until 22 years.
minus-squareSemi-Hemi-Demigodlinkfedilink9•2 years agoOr: It’s such a minor bug that nobody really cared enough and they devoted time to other, more important things. But they made the choice as a collective and not a bunch of suits in a board room.
This is what open source is all about: See a problem with your tool, fix it yourself, and everyone enjoys the improvements.
I see that this is one of the negative of OSS instead. Seems a lot of people aware of this bug, but there’s no pressure to fix this until 22 years.
Or: It’s such a minor bug that nobody really cared enough and they devoted time to other, more important things. But they made the choice as a collective and not a bunch of suits in a board room.
This take makes no sense.