[ic] Frustrated with IC 4.8

[Ian Riddler]

With all due respect, that's utter rubbish.

You don't expect the people who drive cars to know how to build one from
scratch.
You don't expect the mechanics who fix them to understand the science behind
them.
Even in the assembly plants, the bulk of the workers are following
blueprints, not understanding the science behind it.

Your reasoning is flawed.  Amongst the people who are trying to install
interchange are long-term programmers and sys admins with a good
understanding of the OS and programming. The solution you are giving is
"Tough, I can understand it. If you can't, go elsewhere."
That's not a solution, that's pure arrogance.

Interchange IS flawed, in that it's a fairly old piece of open source
software with a nasty number of bugs, (some of which are showstoppers).
It's ridiculously hard to install.  A great percentage of the emails to this
list are installation issues.
The documentation IS too obscure, and the learning curve IS too steep.

The challenge is to fix the bugs, develop clear middle-level and low-level
documentation and _then_ consider the wonderful new features.

As for paying money to redhat, there's no way I'm paying hard-earned money
for broken code in the hope that one day it'll be fixed.
Just like I wouldn't buy a car with 3 wheels in the hope of encouraging the
car maker to add the 4th.

Ian Riddler
Partner
Griffler Enterprises

>
> There is no science, where the scientist adapt to the level of
> understanding of a highschool student, just to make sure everybody
> can understand quantum physics. If a chemist develops a drug his
> documentation for that drug will not be watered down to a level
> a ninth grader can read it like a science fiction novel.
>
> Somewhere along the road you can understand, that it's up to you to
> learn the tools you need. I wouldn't know any field where that wouldn't
> be the same.
>
> Birgitt Funk