[Ilugc] Is the proprietary camp winning ?
- From: chaks.yoper@xxxxxxxxx (Chakkaradeep C C)
- Date: Sat Oct 14 18:35:24 2006
Evil is a strong word. But in this context please take it as proprietary
software is not beneficial to the industry as a whole.
No way. In that case, Wipro,TCS,Infi,Satyam,Zasken,CTS etc..should not have
been listed in the Top IT Companies.
1. Closed source developemnt leads to reinventing wheel type of work,
getting resources wasted.
Well, It depends on how you model your new product. Closed source need not
lead to reinventing wheel type of work.
2. Closed source sales and usage means users have to depend on a single
vendor to fix bugs and add new features.
Sorry. Today with the advent of BPOs, there is no Single Vendor concept
now.Companies have centres for Support nearly in every region. This need not
be only for Closed Source Model, Even Ubuntu has started the Paid Support
Model, RedHat has. So, if you pay to them YOU ARE DEPENDENT in one way or
other.
3. Closed source means students can not look at the code and learn.
Unless a student needs to.
and so on.
I think still your reasons are blunt.
Why we have to debate this way rather enjoy using the different technologies
which is prevailing in this world ?
This creates two communities and one day people are going to be hatred
towards each other which is gonna lead nowhere and we dont want to be the
cause for that.
Proprietary Model as well ass Open Source Model, both have pros and cons.
Its not that one is good and one is evil. If you like OSS, use them , but
not that you need to tell Proprietary is evil or bad. I use both, but till
today, for business, Propritary Stuffs have yielded profit for us (note "for
us").So it doesnt mean that FOSS is bad, just that this time it has not fit
our business model properly.
Hope we are educated, and try respect ALL technologies around us.
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Novatium Solutions Limited,Chennai.
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