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Re:The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition by adambyrtek on Saturday July 21, 2012 @10:53AM (#4274879)
After a long hiatus Quicksilver was taken over by a dedicated team of contributors who resumed active development[1]. Open-source worked after all, as this wouldn't be possible otherwise.

[1] http://blog.qsapp.com/

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Re:The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition by technoslut on Sunday July 22, 2012 @12:33PM (#4277678)
I realize that many Quicksilver fans will be upset with my comments but I can't rely on something that was essentially broken for five years and count on it being something I can use a couple of hundred times everyday.

What happens the next time something gets broken after a major OS update? I can't wait for a few months to get it working again.

I'm not saying that open source software is lousy. I use it all the time. It's just that in certain situations you need the person there who created it.

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Re:The real reason we’re upset about Sparrow’s acquisition by adambyrtek on Sunday July 22, 2012 @03:06PM (#4278193)
TextMate could act as a counterexample showing that the original author being fully in charge doesn't guarantee anything.
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