The writer seems willingly disingenuous. Not having a feature isn't the same as having a bug. The software is behaving exactly as designed. Do you say that older versions of windows develop "bugs" as soon as a newer version adds a new feature? Of course not.
I agree with the conclusion though, these little missing conveniences add up to a worse experience for converts. I understand open source apps choosing not to do things exactly the same way as proprietary solutions, but we at least need something as good.
That said, it has always been the case that if a feature didn't exist in the pile of software that was freely and openly provided to you, you would either contribute the feature yourself or just go elsewhere. So the bounty would have sufficed, there is no point in being a shithead about it.
I agree with the conclusion though, these little missing conveniences add up to a worse experience for converts. I understand open source apps choosing not to do things exactly the same way as proprietary solutions, but we at least need something as good.
That said, it has always been the case that if a feature didn't exist in the pile of software that was freely and openly provided to you, you would either contribute the feature yourself or just go elsewhere. So the bounty would have sufficed, there is no point in being a shithead about it.