> Jeebus. Did you point out to them that half the internet runs on > open-source ?
It is like spitting into the wind with some folks. This has been going on in our industry from as far back as when I first got involved in it (1984). The old saying used to be, "Nobody ever got fired for buying IBM equipment," when the IBM PC clones first came out. It really took a while before Compaq, (one of) the earliest truly successful cloned machine(s) began to gain any serious market share. Once the Secret of the CMOS was cracked, and the proof of true IBM compatibility was proven again and again, along with substantially lower pricing drops did the "clones" begin to eat IBM's lunch. Had the clones been free it may have taken less time for IBM to see the hit. But with PostgreSQL and MySQL it seems the mantra within some places is "Nobody ever got fired for buying Oracle/Microsoft," although I do not think it is nearly as true a statement as the IBM statement. I had a friend (Chris K) who is reknowned in the field of network security once tell Ed and I both that he felt "Open Source" software represented a major security risk. Ed dove right in and pointed out that actually Open Source solutions were actually more secure as there were far more folks who were willing to identify and correct these security problems without having to go through any kind of profit based cost analysis where some patches would be made, and others would have to wait. And there was a higher propensity for flaws to be found and reported as opposed to proprietary solutions where only some folks had access to the source code. Chris was moved by Ed's argument, but to this day he feels my move to Ubuntu is putting me at higher risk as opposed to me using Red Hat Linux, and states so every once in a while. Never mind the fact his Linux notifications about vulnerabilities that are found from time to time rarely include anything about Ubuntu, and often relate to Red Hat Linux (which I feel is also a great OS, I just do not feel I need to contribute to Red Hat or Novell for annual subscription fees to get a decent Linux xolution). It is what it is. Gil > -----Original Message----- > From: profoxtech-boun...@leafe.com [mailto:profoxtech- > boun...@leafe.com] On Behalf Of Alan Bourke > Sent: Monday, April 20, 2009 5:08 AM > To: profoxt...@leafe.com > Subject: RE: Advantage Database and VFP > > > > On Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:49 -0400, "Gilbert M. Hale" > <mrgmh...@rochester.rr.com> wrote: > > PostgreSQL would fit perfectly for them, but > > they may be more receptive to ADS because it costs something, hence > can > > be > > taken more seriously. > > Jeebus. Did you point out to them that half the internet runs on > open-source ? > -- > Alan Bourke > alanpbou...@fastmail.fm > > [excessive quoting removed by server] _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: ProFox@leafe.com Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/050001c9c1a9$1a24e870$4e6eb9...@rr.com ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
