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Don't Talk The Talk, Without Walking The Walk, Otherwise You Are Just Throwing Gasoline On Fire
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| All of this because Neil said some
| companies like Microsoft have us believe
| there is no innovation with open source.
| But there is no proof of that, so this
| whole discussion goes off without a
| foundation. Microsoft gets a probably
| uncalled for black eye, the people reading
| this are given a false impression and
| worse of all, the many good deeds and good
| will that Microsoft has earned from the
| open source community recently is wasted
| by misunderstanding.
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http://www.networkworld.com/community/node/61695
Open source innovation on the cutting edge
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| Open source doesn't innovate -- so goes
| the old saw. Proprietary software vendors,
| including Microsoft, would have you
| believe the open source movement has
| produced nothing but knockoffs of existing
| products and cast-off code that couldn't
| cut it in the free market.
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/open-source-innovation-the-cutting-edge-582
7 open source innovations on the cutting edge
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| Think open source doesnât innovate? Think
| again. Here are seven projects that are
| exploring exciting new directions in
| computing -- for free
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http://www.infoworld.com/d/open-source/7-open-source-innovations-the-cutting-edge-617
License Equals Software Quality?
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| But does closed source software simply work
| better? One could make the case that because
| of the commercial nature of closed source,
| i.e., finished projects make money, that
| closed source software is ready to work
| faster--though I don't think you could make
| that a blanket statement. Like open source
| software, a feature added to proprietary
| software has to be decided upon, only now the
| feature has to pass another bar to get
| included: it has to be profitable. Which
| means, even if it's the Coolest Feature Ever,
| if may not get included because the
| proprietary vendor may not want to make the
| investment.
|
| This is why, ultimately, I think the whole
| open vs. closed software quality argument is
| moot. Each of the approaches has strengths
| and weaknesses the other approach doesn't,
| which balances out the notion that any
| software will be higher or lower quality
| because of its license. Developers code
| software poorly or well based on their own
| strengths.
|
| There are other facets of the open vs. closed
| debate, a debate that I believe open source
| ultimately wins. Just don't make software
| quality part of the argument. It's a moot
| point.
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http://www.itworld.com/open-source/108805/license-equals-software-quality
Recent:
Linux users more experienced with windows.
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| From what I understand, the most, if not the
| major, gripe windows users have with the
| Linux operating system is that it doesn't run
| windows programs. That sort of reasoning is
| about as powerful as a storm in a teacup.
| Linux is not a copy of windows and has it's
| own comprehensive suite of programs to
| accomplish all computing tasks.
|
| This means that when it comes down to a Linux
| verses windows debate Linux people have the
| advantage in knowledge and experience. I have
| never heard of any Linux user with a couple
| or more years of Linux experience moving over
| to the windows operating system. I have never
| heard of a windows user with as much
| experience in Linux as a Linux user has in
| windows.
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http://it.toolbox.com/blogs/locutus/linux-users-more-experienced-with-windows-36188
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