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FOSS community phrases that annoy me

2 pointsby lovskogenalmost 13 years ago

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kaolinitealmost 13 years ago
I must add one here: "But it's not &#60;x&#62;'s fault."<p>I hear this one a lot if I mention to someone that I've installed Office on a Windows machine so that I can open a document (it's not LibreOffice's fault that it can't open a DOCX file perfectly) or installing Photoshop to open a PSD (it's not Gimp's fault it breaks some of the layout).<p>And they're right, it isn't their fault. If MS/Adobe/whoever opened up their file formats, the world would be a better place - but hey, they haven't. Until they do - or until somebody improves the support (this is the point where the other annoying phrase comes in: "Why don't you contribute to the project?") - I have work to do so I'll use the tool that works best.