I agree. In my experience, there is just as much bad proprietary software out there as in Open Source software, but some of the best software there is is Open Source (Apache, PHP, MySQL, PostgreSQL, TeX/LaTeX, Lilypond, The GIMP, etc).
And we definitely need both worlds, Open Source / Open Community and Proprietary. Which is e.g. why I have been asking Adobe to consider Linux as an alternative OS. It seems to me that Adobe are afraid (sorry, guys) that the Linux Users a group of geeks that want everything for free. I know many Linux users/developers are like that, but there are also a lot of Linux USERS, who use Linux because of its inner security and safety and do pay for some or many of their Linux applications. Even Linux evangelists like Eric S. Raymond accept both worlds. Latest news I saw is WSJ reporting that French PSA Peugeot Citro?n are changing out 20,000 computers to Linux. And from another source that Munich City is replacing some 14,000 Win to Linux. I guess they will be changing from M$Office to OOo or similar, but I am sure they will have some proprietary software too. Bodvar On 3/19/07, Chris Borokowski <athloi at yahoo.com> wrote: > I guess it depends on how informed, disciplined and > articulate their inner lights are then. > > I've seen some good things from Open Source, and some > total failures. Two products I use daily were > developed by single individuals to a standard higher > than most Open Source projects. > > --- Bodvar Bjorgvinsson <bodvar at gmail.com> wrote: > > > As I see this, Wiki is based on the same generic > > principal: the inner > > need to help, the inner need to let your light > > shine, or (probably > > most common) a combination of both. Maybe also (as I > > have experienced) > > you learn by sharing, because then you have to > > formulate what you > > think you know. Which I see as a good thing. > > > > >
