On Mon, Oct 15, 2007 at 07:34:54PM -0700, Kennedy, Jeffrey wrote:
If the proprietary stuff is better than open source why would I run open source? So I can have the privilege of coding fixes in my copious spare time? Thanks but no thanks.
It's like doing backups. When everything is fine, why waste your copious spare time with it? But if something fails (i.e. your proprietary software fails and the vendor doesn't help), you had better looked at something you (or your neighbour) can fix.
Of course, wether that advantage outweighs its costs (like having to use inferior stuff if a proprietary solution would perform better) depends on your situation. But in my experience there are lots of places where the open software is good enough or even better than the proprietary software.
Greetings,