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The reason is very simple: Open Source has become a standard way for the industry to produce software, with even companies like Microsoft and Apple participatin
by bergie 14y ago
The reason is very simple: Open Source has become a standard way for the industry to produce software, with even companies like Microsoft and Apple participating. So mentioning it in you marketing materials is a bit like emphasizing that your software runs on computers.
- ekaln 14y agoHi Bergie As the original author, that's a great explanation and I like it more than my own :) It's probably true in quite a few areas of the enterprise where the buyers are more discerning. Unfortunately, the mass market users still tend to have fits over the phrase.
- bergie 14y agoThanks! Feel free to quote it in your post :-) I think I'll try to find the time to write a longer response on this, especially on why I think that while Open Source won as a software production model, most companies still don't get the open way of working (http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/open_source-free_software-what_we_need_is_open_projects/ http://bergie.iki.fi/blog/open_source-free_software-what_we_...), and users still don't benefit from the four freedoms (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software#Definition http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Free_software#Definition) that come from free software.
- ckluis 14y agoAwesome point!
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- Mizza 14y agoI would really _like_ to believe that this is true, however I have never found this in practice. MS and Apple only ever participate in open source software _begrudgingly_. It might be true in some specific sectors (web frameworks, databases maybe), but I don't think it applies across the board, especially not at the business level. Do you have any examples for what you're saying?