Arvind said: > In fact, even if the source is know, how many admins are competent > enough to make changes to the code and re-compile ? Even a full fledged > developer will takes lots of time to understand another man's code > before attempting to make changes.
The question is not one about whether Joe User can grok and hack the code. The questions is about whether a user who goes with closed source software will have the floor knocked off from beneath his feet when the company that makes the closed source software he totally depends on goes out of business because of accounting fraud by its CFO. This user has invested lots of money and efoort into that closed source software. When the maker of the software is no more, this user is left with a tough decision - start with another software from scratch. Or continue with an ageing system. Open source is important not because you or I can hack the code. It is important because you or I can hire someone to hack the code if the developer of the software disappears because he has been abducted by aliens. Really, now. These are all arguments that are widely available in such fundamental documents as _Cathedral and the Bazaar_. I recommend that people interested in more than software issues about open source do a bit of reading first. Thaths -- ------------------------------------------------------- Sponsored by: ThinkGeek at http://www.ThinkGeek.com/ _______________________________________________ linux-india-help mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://lists.sourceforge.net/lists/listinfo/linux-india-help
