Bryan Stevenson wrote:
I guess the tides may be turning. I've always considered open source with
caution because:
1) The projects are in constant flux so you just don't know what you'll get
until you dig in
I have to disagree with that. Most projects I know have very well defined
It could be that the mention of a contract was more along the lines of the
fact you can legally go after a commercial software producer if their software
does not operate as advertised. In the open source world you cannot.
This is what I meant. Personally I use a lot of open source and think
quote
Ok, much as I hate to eat such an intelligent bird, and those incidents make me
worry more about training than licensing... :-)
/quote
Training was defiantly a BIG part of this incident (there was only one), but
there where also software failures that contributed.
Where the fault for
On Tuesday 08 August 2006 19:38, Ian Skinner wrote:
I'm posting this because I mentioned how a mistake we make could have
lethal consequences.
This is no different to traditional engineering (bridges, cars) really.
Of course, yes, this means we have the same responsibility as the people who
Ok, much as I hate to eat such an intelligent bird, and those incidents make
me worry more about
training than licensing... :-)
*munch* *munch* *munch*
OK Dennyput down the sugar and step away slowlyI think you've had
enough
;-)
I guess a down side to open source is it's
Assuming a commercial product, doesn't the disclaimer you *always* get
hit with routinely require that you disclaim all rights of recovery
against the vendor? There's probably indemnification and
hold-harmless agreements in there as well I bet (they're certainly in
my own license agreement).
You
On 8/9/06, Bryan Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Ok, much as I hate to eat such an intelligent bird, and those incidents
make
me worry more about
training than licensing... :-)
*munch* *munch* *munch*
OK Dennyput down the sugar and step away slowlyI think you've had
enough
In this thread a couple of weeks ago, a side topic was generated that discussed
why we are very careful of our computer technologies and which ones we choose.
Incidents like this are why we are reluctant to go with open source
technologies that do not have official organizations to contract
On 8/8/06, Ian Skinner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
In this thread a couple of weeks ago, a side topic was generated that
discussed why we are very careful of our computer technologies and which
ones we choose. Incidents like this are why we are reluctant to go with
open source technologies that
Hey Denny,
It could be that the mention of a contract was more along the lines of the
fact you can legally go after a commercial software producer if their software
does not operate as advertised. In the open source world you cannot.
I'm not entering this debate...just showing that there are
On 8/8/06, Bryan Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I did not take the original posters comments about open source and
contracting
as a negative about open sourcejust the way the poster's company does
business
So you don't think my slander suit will stand up in court? A... :-)
Ok,
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