Joseph Dal Molin wrote:
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> http://www.nytimes.com/2001/05/03/technology/03SOFT.html
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> The New York times article give a taste of what's to come as well as an
> short reaction from IBM.....
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> So.....on this note what do the folks on this list think the most
> significant arguements against open source still are?
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The most significant criticism I know about is that open
source development process's do not always create well
understood software engineering processes.
There is another economic argument that I think is the crux
of MS argument, mainly that open source discourgaes
innovation by preventing creators from exploiting their
creations for personal purposes (usually wealth
accumulation). I maintain this is a matter of personal
choice, but there is a societal argument here.
This argument then leads into whether there are viable
commericial economic models for keeping an open source
software product supported.
