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If you mean only the very largest projects, or projects with corporate support, can handle the open source model, that's not very re-assuring about the future of open source.

Also, it sucks when I need to sign up for something to report a bug.

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It sucks when you run a bug tracker and it's spammed relentlessly because you allow anonymous comments. It sucks when someone files a legit bug anonymously and there's no way to reach them for followup or clarification.

Is it a problem specifically for the future of open-source, or of software in general? My Apple bug reports never get acknowledged, either, and neither has anything I've sent to Google or Microsoft. If anything, I've been somewhat happier with the responsiveness of OSS bug-reporting.

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