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Re: [News] Very Comprehensive Report on Reasons to Use FLOSS, Updated

  • Subject: Re: [News] Very Comprehensive Report on Reasons to Use FLOSS, Updated
  • From: flyer <flyer@xxxxxxxxx>
  • Date: Sat, 14 Apr 2007 05:39:52 -0700
  • Newsgroups: comp.os.linux.advocacy
  • Organization: The Los Angeles Free-Net
  • References: <11669697.0t8AATfWtO@schestowitz.com>
  • User-agent: MicroPlanet-Gravity/2.70.2067
  • Xref: ellandroad.demon.co.uk comp.os.linux.advocacy:514365
In article <11669697.0t8AATfWtO@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, 
newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx says...
> April 2007 release of "Why OSS/FS? Look at the Numbers!"
> 
> ,----[ Quote ]
> | Finally, I've released a new version of "Why Open Source Software /
> | Free Software (OSS/FS, FLOSS, FOSS)? Look at the Numbers!" This paper 
> | continues to provide "quantitative data that, in many cases, using
> | open source software / free software (abbreviated as OSS/FS, FLOSS,
> | or FOSS) is a reasonable or even superior approach to using their
> | proprietary competition according to various measures. This paper's
> | goal is to show that you should consider using OSS/FS when acquiring
> | software."
> `----
> 
> http://www.dwheeler.com/blog/2007/04/12/#oss-why-20070412
> 
> 
> This thing is huge.
> 
> http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html
> 

This is a hoot. The windows counterpart list is the one detailing all its 
security flaws and reasons to AVOID it, but it's longer. Heh heh.

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