@El_Heffe said:
...And yet, open source software is just as shitty (or worse) than the evill closed-spurce software and has plenty of bugs and security flaws. Your "best pro-Open Source argument" is nothing but the same bullshit that all the Linux fanboys like to spew on places like Slashdot, which boils down to -- every time a security hole is patched in [any open source program] it is proof that open source is wonderful and superior, and every time a security hole is patched in [any closed-source program] it is proof that closed-souce is evil and inferior.
I agree that that is not a good argument. And, open source softwares can be pretty bad; closed source softwares can also be pretty bad. But open source softwares aren't always worse; sometimes they are better. It depend which software. The difference is that open source softwares can be improved later on; so, if a lot of people use it perhaps they can fix it faster. And if someone doesn't like a few things, they can make a copy with their own modifications. But in general yes any software can have bad software, open, close, it doesn't matter. They are all bad; you are correct about that.
And, Windows is more messed up than Linux (or any other UNIX system, including prorietary systems); I am a programmer too and I can tell.