Linked by Eugenia Loli-Queru on Thu 20th Oct 2005 01:58 UTC
Although open source software comes with lofty (and sometime altruistic) ambitions, some developers worry that the model just doesn't present a practical plan for the future of the software industry. Shawn Shell argues that proprietary software is here to stay for a lot of good reasons. Why should you bother with looking at open source software though? Isn't it safer to stick with Microsoft and the other big corporate software designers? David Chisnall helps us to distinguish between proprietary (sometimes referred to as "predatory") software and its open source counterparts.
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"one guy on here was saying you should never store/send data in a proprietary or patented format."
Yes and this guy whas right , you would not believe the crap in windows format and proprietary format from software thats is not accessible anymore that exist in business ( where talking software of 15 years ).
"I gotta ask: why? why would I care what format it's stored in?"
Because you whant access at your data at all time from all solutions. After all its your data.
Flash format is Open source , Pdf format also.
So basically your asking why Open Source software work when your giving an example yourself ...
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one guy on here was saying you should never store/send data in a proprietary or patented format.
I gotta ask: why? why would I care what format it's stored in? If I want to serve up a flash app (perhaps with laszlo)... what's wrong with that?
flash works with 97% of browsers. The format is well understood. So what's the downside?
Same with PDF.