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Would this mean...

...that the pressure to make money actually hinders the development process? Does it then follow that, for (some?) software, you get what you don't have to pay for?

This would seem to put a tremendous amount of pressure on proprietary software. If there is no quality benefit, where is the value add that supports the fees? Support could be argued, but most of us ask an expert we know long before we call support. This feeds the OSS model where much of the best user support is found in online forums. The only value add I can see, at least in this specific case, is add on features. Oracle, as one example, has more advanced support for features and functions MySQL does not have, but that may just be a function of maturity. MySQL seems to be adding features all of the time. How long before there is little functional difference?

Even if the feature gap continues, there is an MS Office coralary here that make you wonder how many instances require the additional 5% of features offered? What if 95% of the user community were served just as well with the less feture packed, but more solid OSS package?

If this trend continues, it could be a long roe to hoe for proprietary software.

Posted by: Mack DaNife   Posted on: 02/07/05 You are currently: a Guest | Members login | Terms of Use

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