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Open Source (Score:2)
But won't Office just become commoditized? Not any time soon. Microsoft has a huge lead in stability and features. Anyone who has used Sun's ShitOffice knows just what a crock it is. What a farcical abortion of a piece of software it is. What a frustratingly slow and buggy bucket of shite it is. Ahem. Anyway.
It's yet to be proven that open source builds anything but good infrastructure (operating system, server software). I believe that commercial software has considerable advantages over open source when it comes to responsiveness, usability, and other customer-centered development. I've seen very few innovations in end-user open source software, but a lot of copying of proprietary software innovations.
--Nat
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Re:Open Source (Score:2)
How do you define infrastructure? A law firm would certainly include Word[Perfect] in that mix.
I tend to look at it differently; it's about age and scalability. Operating systems and mail servers are old problems dating bac