Subj : Re: GNU Public Licences Revisited (again)
To   : comp.programming
From : Randy Howard
Date : Wed Sep 28 2005 02:47 am

Chris Sonnack wrote
(in article <4tuij1tsgdncd02k0vkvdvo7hfia6tkohr@4ax.com>):

> Willem writes:
> 
>> What does Close-Source Software have that Open-Source Software does not ?
> 
> Support and commitment of major vendors with a business plan.  Microsoft
> or IBM won't drop a project because the programmers get bored or ego get
> in the way.

Use just one major open source package long enough to get 
heavily invested (time and/or money) in it, then have the core 
development group have a brainless hissy fit over naming, api 
changes, whatever.  One or multiple forks ensue, massive pain, 
suffering, etc.  This only has to happen to you once before you 
pick /very carefully/ what open source products you wish to use 
for anything you take seriously.

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Randy Howard (2reply remove FOOBAR)

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