I am not sure if this guy is simply hating open source as a whole or an idiot. Open source is more then what this article is saying, a lot more.
The Internet itself is an open source. If it was not, we would not have so much on it like "social media." We have seen how twitter, which is one part of social media, has shared and exchanged news information about the attack on Mumbai. Before we have other idiots crawling out of the word work, Twitter did not get famous due to the demise of the attack on Mumbai. Individuals used Twitter to communicate to everyone around the world about the attack. So, do not insult the users of Twitter.
Open source also brings out competition. That is a very good thing. If it was not for open source in software, Microsoft would be a pain in the ass monopoly. Now they are simply a pain in the ass. From what I have read, Microsoft is not doing all that good on the Internet because they refuse to get on board on the open source ban wagon.
Let's all face it. Open source is here to stay, and it has grown very much since it first started. We are doing things like never before due to open source. Another words proprietary is a thing of the past, or it is not as big as it once was in the beginning of microcomputers. Where is the TSR 80 computer, the Commodore PET, 64, 128? They might have been good computers in its time, but they are nothing to today's technology. Microsoft is hurting because they want to stay a proprietary company, but they are only hurting themselves.
Realize it or not, we all use some form of open source, even if it is only the Internet. In the old times of creating websites, HTML could be used by anyone. In some small cases HTML (hypertext markup language) is still being used, but it has been replaced my XHTML (Extensible Hypertext Markup Language), XML (Extensible Markup Language), DHTML (Dynamic HTML), and for more web designs, CMS (Content Management System). It does not take a highly skilled programmer to use these languages to create a website. With CMS, one does not need to even have learn these to create a website.
This is is what is called "open source." CMS is a new form of open source in designing professional looking websites without having to learn any mark-up language to do so. There is no proprietary concepts at all. The only reason that the IE browser is use more then any other browser is due to it is forced upon the computer user. Most would not know how to go to the Firefox website and download a different browser. If the government could keep the IE browser from being initially installed on the Windows OS, then other browsers would be used more.
Open source is in just about all that we do online and offline regarding how we use technology today. The software one used on their PAD or handheld devices are open source. Most open source software are free, some are not. Another big deal with open source is that a programmer can manipulate the software to suite their needs or the needs of the company's work.
How many times have you turned down buying some software because of one tinny bit of how it works would not work well with the rest of what you have on your computer? With open source, you can deal with that issue, and allow the whole your computer system to work as you want it to without any conflicts. None of Microsoft's software are simply a pain in the ass in this regard. They can even cause conflicts with their own software. The user or company is stuck with this issue. By silly legal agreements on that Microsoft gives out on all their software, a company ends up losing more money then just the prices of the software.
If time is money, then a company can lose a lot in the time to deal with these problems. There are hardly any conflicts with open source software. No, open source is not dead, nor will it ever die. It is growing far too big and too fast to die due to this article or any other communicational means.
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