Comments on: Open source – the next phase http://www.linuxchick.se/2008/03/16/open-source-the-next-phase/ my future is open Wed, 22 Jun 2011 14:24:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Silent_gnuuuu http://www.linuxchick.se/2008/03/16/open-source-the-next-phase/comment-page-1/#comment-18 Silent_gnuuuu Mon, 07 Apr 2008 18:10:45 +0000 http://www.linuxchick.se/2008/03/16/open-source-the-next-phase/#comment-18 On the other hand there is the simplicity (and dumbifiness) of microsofts Windows. There is still little or NO competition on the desktop market and I for one would like to see that. Sure you can throw Ubuntu in my face but that doesn't change that Microsoft still rules on the biggest slice of the cake. A thing I hate is that people think Open source == Non-profit, there are many instances where profit are to be made even with open source code. This is what I think slows the growth of the open-source community the most, there is a certain dissbelief on the open standard. Companys are used to the fact that the program they use are closed and are afraid of open-ness. Then on the other hand I think that almost all software should be open source for any reasons such as; anti-spyware/virus and for the security of by myself being able to compile it to whatever system/conf I want to. On the other hand there is the simplicity (and dumbifiness) of microsofts Windows. There is still little or NO competition on the desktop market and I for one would like to see that. Sure you can throw Ubuntu in my face but that doesn’t change that Microsoft still rules on the biggest slice of the cake.

A thing I hate is that people think Open source == Non-profit, there are many instances where profit are to be made even with open source code. This is what I think slows the growth of the open-source community the most, there is a certain dissbelief on the open standard. Companys are used to the fact that the program they use are closed and are afraid of open-ness.

Then on the other hand I think that almost all software should be open source for any reasons such as; anti-spyware/virus and for the security of by myself being able to compile it to whatever system/conf I want to.

]]>