SimianOverlord's Journal: Settling the Free Software Argument Once and For All.

I, like many people, am utterly sick of the seemingly neverending argument over whether Open Source software is superior to Closed Source software. The same points have been canvessed over and over again, usually using Linux vs. Windows as a comparison. This is a poor analogy since this discussion takes place on Slashdot, where the majority of users are biased, and encouraged in their bias by editors following a policy set by their parent company VA Software (a Linux distributor).

In this latest kick ass thesis, I aim to sidestep the usual pitfalls of Open Source and Closed Source contentious debate points such as TCO, security, ease of use, technical proficiency required etc. by staging the debate in a more useful genre which allows an unbiased comparison between free software and non-free software.

Let us then compare Open Source and Closed Source software systems by comparing the relative merits of Open Source Nethack and Closed Source Half-Life 2.

END OF PART 1

Coming soon PART 2: Graphics

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[the_mad_poster]

Heh. Half Life 2 ain't closed source bud [cnn.com].

I have punched a gaping hole in your argument! I win the Internet!