On Sep 23, 2010, at 10:15 PM, Henri Yandell wrote: > I've not seen any studies. I have a slightly different view as > developing is only part of what I do nowadays... so I'll share it/bore > you with it :) > > The source isn't the only part, Open applies to a lot more in your > standard OSS project: > > * I like that I can identify solutions and bugs through a web search > and not by having to contact technical support. > * I like that my choice of the product doesn't start with a contract > negotiation - OSS is generally take-it-or-leave-it licensing, yet not > an unfair license.
However, this is often replaced by an internal negotiation w/ company lawyers over what licenses are acceptable. > * I like that the 'vendor' and myself as the 'customer' largely want > the same thing - for the product to be better, with less bugs and more > features. > > Summarizing - In Open Source the relationship is not antagonistic. > It's not perfect, the project don't want to add my special ideas or > agree that with my view of a bug, but generally I know the vendor and > I aren't in a battle with the vendor wanting more money and myself > wanting more value. There's less politics. Great points! --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: community-unsubscr...@apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: community-h...@apache.org
