I agree. microsoft has "seen the light". he is out-numbered and
out-witted by the opensource community. Basically m$ wants also a part of the brain pool, they are loosing
ideas on what to stick into windoze ;p
Wag tayong magsalita ng tapos. We think OSS is such a good thing kasi we're using it and most of our friends are OSS users in much the same way as Microsofties think their software is good because they use it, they participate in development and most of the people they know are Microsofties.
>Here are more points we missed to discuss during the open forum: >1. open source can jump start your technology - Having the source <means being able to duplicate and enchance the technology.
It's good developers and enthusiasts. But not good for companies. Walang guaranteed support. Wala silang isusue kung di gumana yung product. Walang warranty etc. Companies need to depend on the whim of volunteer developers halfway around the world.
>2. Opensource has the most fanatical support which M$ would be hard to >duplicate! i can assure that coz i read mails till 3am. ;p For M$ to >have the same support, well they would need to open up their source >code.. which i bet they wouldnt ;p
Ah! But there are microsoft fanatics! As I said, puro OSS fanatics lang kasi kilala natin.
>3. Opensource has no Service Pack waiting.. coz you know the >technology, you can fix it ASAP yourself and for good karma you can >share that to the rest of the community.
*IF* you can fix it. Normal users (the majority) have to wait for the whim of volunteers.
I could go on and on. Pero basically, yun, maganda lang yung tingin natin kasi developers tayo. Sa normal user's point of view, Microsoft is a lot better. (to _The Sword of Truth_ readers, it would be the wizard's
first rule.)
I bet theres an analogous Microsoftie mailing list out there bashing OSS.
=)
ramil
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