User talk: Goodall

My name is Douglas W Goodall. I have been programming for what seems like forever.

Starting around the year 2000, GNU software started becoming more important in my work. I saw the existence of the GNU C compiler on various platforms as a major step forward in software portability. While I don't agree with many of the thoughts of William Stallings, some of his precepts struck home with me and the need for open source software has never been more clear to me. It seems to me that independent software developers have a harder road to tread these days with the advent of patent portfolios in the hands of the big players. We have to be amateur lawyers as well as skilled software engineers.

Goodall 23:50, 28 January 2014 (EST)