On Thu, 19 Oct 2000, Paul Metzger wrote:
> The Biggest advantage to useing commercial products is that you will get
> tech. support at least for some time anyway. Open Source products don't come
> with tech. support my nature, but on the flip side, you can always get help
> on most any open source product from mailing lists like this one. The
> biggest advantage is on the side of open source, which is cost. From my
> experance the open source stuff usually works better, mainly because if
> there is a bug in it, rather than just 1 or 2 people working on it in
> corporate America, there will be no telling how many people working on the
> same problem. My advise is to go with open when ever possible. Hope This
> helps you atleast a little.
Now you're preachin' to the choir, aren't you? <grin>
Dave
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