Comments on: dimdim on debian etch http://blog.loftninjas.org/2008/03/13/dimdim-on-debian-etch/ Sat, 21 Jan 2012 06:46:54 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.2 hourly 1 By: dumdum http://blog.loftninjas.org/2008/03/13/dimdim-on-debian-etch/comment-page-1/#comment-1050 dumdum Sat, 13 Dec 2008 01:17:16 +0000 http://blog.loftninjas.org/?p=157#comment-1050 Dimdim definitely wants to make the appearance of being an open source company, but they don't want to give anything back. I have been working with linux since 1992 and the install process for dimdim is in some ways worse then when you had to manually track down your dependencies. They obviously don't want the open source version to work, so the solution is not to refuse to use it. It is for a group to step up and de obfuscate it, and drive forward they way dimdim is, but with much improved public image. Dimdim definitely wants to make the appearance of being an open source company, but they don’t want to give anything back. I have been working with linux since 1992 and the install process for dimdim is in some ways worse then when you had to manually track down your dependencies.

They obviously don’t want the open source version to work, so the solution is not to refuse to use it. It is for a group to step up and de obfuscate it, and drive forward they way dimdim is, but with much improved public image.

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