On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 10:57:53AM -0300, Sd??vtaker wrote: > Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > Source available > > If bug fixes or enhancements later needed, can easily > > Pay a consultant to do it, Global Index: > > http://berklix.com/consultants/ > > Can choose Any competing consultant, not dependent on > > just one software vendor who has access to closed source, > > but may not consider it his priority. > :-) > > Security, Peace of mind: > > Code can be read by many, loopholes exposed & fixed, > > not hidden & left open. > Yeap!!!
So . . . what exactly is the point of confusion? Those two compound points seem like good enough reasons for using open source software, to me, all by themselves -- at least for some people's needs. > > 16,000 odd packages, mostly free from ports/ many not on MS. > Yes, but you miss some great products sometimes... The one i can > remember now is VMware, they not porting it to BSD only works in windows > and linux, and the linux version got limited functionallity. There's a lot of stuff you can miss in the commercial world, too. Another note: Often, people choose open source software for reasons of idealism. I, for instance, and not a huge fan of software patents and copyright restrictions (which serve as a sort of intellectual prior restraint). -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Marvin Minsky: "It's just incredible that a trillion-synapse computer could actually spend Saturday afternoon watching a football game." _______________________________________________ freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org mailing list http://lists.freebsd.org/mailman/listinfo/freebsd-advocacy To unsubscribe, send any mail to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]"
