http://blog.uncommons.org/2007/07/16/in-praise-of-jibx/ Rants and opinion interspersed with awe-inspiring tales of heoric software engineering endeavours. Wed, 19 Nov 2008 14:15:47 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6.3 http://blog.uncommons.org/2007/07/16/in-praise-of-jibx/#comment-38 Dan Tue, 17 Jul 2007 07:24:25 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=31#comment-38 I'm not saying that it automatically makes it worthwhile or valuable (I still don't see the point of much of Commons Lang), just that I feel a bit bad (only slightly) having a go at people for producing something that I don't have to pay for or use (I'll leave that to experts like yourself ;) ). Just because the contributors are volunteers is no reason to ignore problems with their work. I’m not saying that it automatically makes it worthwhile or valuable (I still don’t see the point of much of Commons Lang), just that I feel a bit bad (only slightly) having a go at people for producing something that I don’t have to pay for or use (I’ll leave that to experts like yourself ). Just because the contributors are volunteers is no reason to ignore problems with their work.

]]> http://blog.uncommons.org/2007/07/16/in-praise-of-jibx/#comment-37 Hani Suleiman Mon, 16 Jul 2007 23:43:44 +0000 http://blog.uncommons.org/?p=31#comment-37 JiBX is indeed a fine library, though I have to (still!) take exception at your opening paragraph. Just because something is free and someone is willing to do it does NOT automatically make it worthwhile or valuable. I'm sure you could probably find plenty of people willing to 'volunteer' their 'free time' to come 'crap on your doorstep'. Is criticising them harsh, given that they're choosing to do what they love in their own time and are making it freely available to you? JiBX is indeed a fine library, though I have to (still!) take exception at your opening paragraph. Just because something is free and someone is willing to do it does NOT automatically make it worthwhile or valuable. I’m sure you could probably find plenty of people willing to ‘volunteer’ their ‘free time’ to come ‘crap on your doorstep’. Is criticising them harsh, given that they’re choosing to do what they love in their own time and are making it freely available to you?

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