Mostly that means that we can't rely on 3PD's who are not, themselves, commercial since they can't usually afford to dedicate time to keeping the software current and removing bugs.
Look, for instance, at the OpenSEO community where the developer is assailed with regular attacks by frustrated users waiting for updates. He doesn't charge, relies on donations ... and isn't supported sufficiently to dedicate his full time to the product.
There are some fantastic pieces of free software out there. There are also some fantastic commercial suites.
From my understanding, his post was speaking of 3PD's. He spoke of OpenSEO as an example.
Mostly that means that we can't rely on 3PD's who are not, themselves, commercial since they can't usually afford to dedicate time to keeping the software current and removing bugs.
I did not see that as an affront to the Joomla core. I believe the J! core does a GREAT job. And I don't see anything in his post that stated that- since he was mainly speaking about 3PD's.
The J! core has a solid group of core coders and a huge official and non-offical team that supports the J! core. Most small addons do not have that. Some propietary addons have that. The J! core is reliable and has a huge team working on development, testing, and support. It looked to me like he was stating commercial/proprietary devs offer that same level of support because they can count on the propietary income from their IP and hire the people needed.
There are some fantastic pieces of free software out there. There are also some fantastic commercial suites.
From that quote, I do not see him saying "That was in a response to someone saying that all free/free software is terrible. (mcsmom).