There is a dark side to proprietary systems (called lock-in, and bend over)
Posted by: Anonymous
[ip: 75.69.85.120]
on June 12, 2008 12:35 AM
Linux.com has a story about the dark side of the proprietary equation. The story should be called "lock-in, and bend over", or "have you ever played Russian Roulett"?
See:
Why proprietary software is dangerous for business-critical applications
By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller on August 28, 2006 (8:00:00 AM) http://www.linux.com/feature/56449
Just drag the url to your FireFox Tab bar and read this interesting article. It is about when the proprietary and lock-in model gets greedy, and where a company that depends on this software can be put into grave financial danger by electing to go down the proprietary software road (with an unknown future). IF YOU HAVE THE CODE (or rights to the code) and the company that sold you the software support gets hit by a bus, or are bought out by aliens from another financial planet (like Microsoft, for example), then you have a "WAY OUT OF TROUBLE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE SOURCE CODE AND A RIGHT TO USE IT". Using FOSS with the proper license that gives you rights to the code, well... such a plan, it is called survival insurance. Long live GPLv3...!
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There is a dark side to proprietary systems (called lock-in, and bend over)
Posted by: Anonymous [ip: 75.69.85.120] on June 12, 2008 12:35 AMSee:
Why proprietary software is dangerous for business-critical applications
By Robin 'Roblimo' Miller on August 28, 2006 (8:00:00 AM)
http://www.linux.com/feature/56449
Just drag the url to your FireFox Tab bar and read this interesting article. It is about when the proprietary and lock-in model gets greedy, and where a company that depends on this software can be put into grave financial danger by electing to go down the proprietary software road (with an unknown future). IF YOU HAVE THE CODE (or rights to the code) and the company that sold you the software support gets hit by a bus, or are bought out by aliens from another financial planet (like Microsoft, for example), then you have a "WAY OUT OF TROUBLE, BECAUSE YOU HAVE ACCESS TO THE SOURCE CODE AND A RIGHT TO USE IT". Using FOSS with the proper license that gives you rights to the code, well... such a plan, it is called survival insurance. Long live GPLv3...!
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