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Movement To Open Source Software

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  • but what i see is more a co-existance with closed source programming.. rather than 'complete' replacement. open source is great for learning, back in the good old days of the Z80 computers came loaded with tons of information and tools to write your own programs. nowadays, unless you run/emulate those 'classic' PCs the only really readialy avialble 'learning' tools out there are open source. also, there is another thing, in a completely closed source world countless coumpanies spend countals thousands o

  • Now I've got to write a book of a reply, just for you. I could probably more easily point you to a web site with better thought out answers, but I'm a cocky sumbits* and will do my best.

    Cost of Entry

    If you have a great idea for a new type of automobile, what would you do? Do you have the resources to shape the sheet medal, and weld a frame, and forge an engine block? Why is it, that only 60 years ago, someone with decent financial resources (but not necessarily someone who is "rich") could start a c

    • OpenOffice 2.0 beta (1.9?) has a database app to replace access, but it is not a dropin, I haven't messed with it enough yet, as I have little need for access as my personal databases are on my gentoo linux server :)

      Yes, its Postgres, its fully SQL 2000 compliant, and I have little trouble doing EVERYTHING with it that MS"Sequel" can do... and more... for example, I don't HAVE to add a gig of ram for every 10 users that connect to the stupid thing... most IT guys will sell you another gig of ram every time
    • Thanks, I think I was able to understand the points. Especially these days the matter of open source software caught me a lot in relation to copyright law, patent law, the protection of intellectual property, private property, etc. Since the liberation of knowledge is deeply related to that of humanities, and more and more I've been noticing the use of open source software has been dominating in the world scene.

      I would like to see the consequences, though, seems expansion of open source software will be t

  • 1:Cost
    2:Adaptation
    3: interoperability
    4: combined knowledge base
    5: Security through openness and a possible quantity of developers that no company could have checking for bugs and trying to speed it up and improve functionality
    6: Freedom to use the software as we wish (even including stinginess with the BSD license)
    7: Sharing is a great trait to teach our children

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