"Joe wants an easy to use computer that is reliable."
and for Joe, it has been seen that development and bug fixing can be more active and faster with open source software. Joe is better off.
"And when he has a problem he wants to know where to go to solve it."
While most opensource software doesn't have a glaring "Need Help ? Call 1-800-FIX-APACHE" or whatever...many support channels exist for opensource software, in most cases more so (and cheaper) than proprietary software.
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Re:Open Source and Broader Community
Posted by: smitty45 on January 06, 2004 12:56 AMand for Joe, it has been seen that development and bug fixing can be more active and faster with open source software. Joe is better off.
"And when he has a problem he wants to know where to go to solve it."
While most opensource software doesn't have a glaring "Need Help ? Call 1-800-FIX-APACHE" or whatever...many support channels exist for opensource software, in most cases more so (and cheaper) than proprietary software.
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