[pmwiki-users] open-source advantages (was: Re: UTF-8 case insensitive index)

Athan foxx at freemail.gr
Fri Apr 6 12:13:12 CDT 2007


"Neil Herber (nospam)" <nospam at eton.ca> wrote in message 
news:4616720F.2030802 at eton.ca...
> Open-source software has several advantages over
> commercial/closed-source software:
> 1) Price
> 2) Ability to examine the source code (important to security mavens).
> 3) Possibility of adding your own features if you have the skill and time.
> 4) Large potential pool of developers
> 5) Few constraints on use

1) Price: I wouldn't mind to pay for something I need.
2) Agree with that!
3) Agree with that!
4) A large potential pool of "amateur" developers with little or no 
experience... Thanksfully there are many exceptions though :)
5) Agree with that!

> Certainly some are - but then so are some "commercial" projects. I have
> paid for several pieces of commercial software that later disappeared
> completely, either through bankruptcy or absorbtion.

Unfortunately you're absolutely right.

Athan 





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