The redlining ego of FOSS developers is the problem

I had been submitting bug reports to FOSS projects, before it became mainstream. Like, in the late 80s-early 90s. That was when most living FOSS developers soiled their diapers. Back then, things were different.

Imagine the world where FOSS developers were respectful towards their users and appreciated bug reports. Imagine the world where they were happy to fix bugs and thanked me and others for discovering them. Imagine the world where they did not instantly get their pants in the not, lashed out at us, circled their wagons, or pushed back, 100% of the time.

The modern-day FOSS developer has humongous superiority complex, short temper, thin skin, and poisonous tongue. Today, dealing with them is a torture that most try to avoid at all costs.

If we look into reasons, then we can point at globalization, of all things. Those olden days FOSS developers used to be our own, domestic university students who strove for perfection in all things. Their code was perfect most of the time and seldom had bugs. Today, hell knows who from hell knows where pollute FOSS development horizon with their hatred, arrogance, poor communication skills, short temper, lack of culture, yada, yada, yada. We gave them the computer, they took it and turned upon us. Congratulations, free world!

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