Roy Schestowitz <newsgroups@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> Bringing open source to the education sector
>
> ,----[ Quote ]
>| Obviously, open source software has a whole range of benefits that outweigh
>| proprietary software in my mind, but as educators, we need to both be
>| agnostic about the software we promote, and willing to teach the
>| capabilities, benefits and risks of using open source software. Students will
>| come to their own conclusions about which software they want to use for their
>| own purposes.
> `----
>
> http://www.computerworld.com.au/index.php/id;1808370817;fp;2;fpid;4
>
Does anyone teach the risks of using proprietary software?
* viruses
* unpatched exploits
* locked-down interfaces
* vertical integration
* vendor lock-in
* licence/usage fees
* single source for support
* high exit costs
* artificially low entry costs
* locked data
... and so on.
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