Date: Sun, 25 Nov 2007 18:35:45 -0700 From: Chad Perrin <perrin@apotheon.com> To: freebsd-advocacy@freebsd.org Subject: Re: [alerts@infosecnews.org: [ISN] Top Ten Reasons Why Ubuntu, Is Best for Enterprise Use] Message-ID: <20071126013545.GB29622@demeter.hydra> In-Reply-To: <4746DC61.3070409@gmail.com> References: <b53f6f940711211034s52520f23necf1aaeb07ee092f@mail.gmail.com> <200711221711.lAMHB2Go059678@fire.js.berklix.net> <4746DC61.3070409@gmail.com>
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On Fri, Nov 23, 2007 at 10:57:53AM -0300, Sd??vtaker wrote: > Julian H. Stacey wrote: > > Source available > > If bug fixes or enhancements later needed, can easily > > Pay a consultant to do it, Global Index: > > http://berklix.com/consultants/ > > Can choose Any competing consultant, not dependent on > > just one software vendor who has access to closed source, > > but may not consider it his priority. > :-) > > Security, Peace of mind: > > Code can be read by many, loopholes exposed & fixed, > > not hidden & left open. > Yeap!!! So . . . what exactly is the point of confusion? Those two compound points seem like good enough reasons for using open source software, to me, all by themselves -- at least for some people's needs. > > 16,000 odd packages, mostly free from ports/ many not on MS. > Yes, but you miss some great products sometimes... The one i can > remember now is VMware, they not porting it to BSD only works in windows > and linux, and the linux version got limited functionallity. There's a lot of stuff you can miss in the commercial world, too. Another note: Often, people choose open source software for reasons of idealism. I, for instance, and not a huge fan of software patents and copyright restrictions (which serve as a sort of intellectual prior restraint). -- CCD CopyWrite Chad Perrin [ http://ccd.apotheon.org ] Marvin Minsky: "It's just incredible that a trillion-synapse computer could actually spend Saturday afternoon watching a football game."
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