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Old 03-17-2008, 03:11 AM   #136 (permalink)
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Originally Posted by BeezW View Post
Part of the reason it's so buggy is at some point LL got in over their heads. They're actually quite a small company to be doing this sort of extensive software development.

Making it open source would involve a far greater number of people working on fixes for it.
Open source on its own is not a panacea for software development though. It has its own challenges and pitfalls. LL also needs to balance its own needs to be financially viable as well - open source poses both opportunities and risks in that regard as well.
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