On Thursday 11 October 2001 8:36 am, you wrote:
> The turn-around time, from finding a problem to fixing it, is another.
> Open Source software has big advantages here.
>
> [<] **Flame Proof jacket on here**
Nope, speak up brother! Dogma is bad regardless of whether it's pro-Linux or
anti-Linux.
> Not all the time. Because it is up to who ever
> actually feels like at the time, some bugs carry on.
>
> This is the big scare thing for business.
> You could spend a lot of time trying a open source solution
> only to find a bug, and then it not getting fixed in time.
The answer, of course, is to hire some programmers to fix it - with the money
you saved not buying MS licenses.
It seems it's a question of attitude. Buisnesses are accustomed to reacting
to bugs by waiting for bug fixes or finding work arounds. They won't be aware
that, with open-source software, it is possible to be proactive about bugs
and fix them themselves, and it's *still* cheaper than commercial solutions
(for a large company, at least).
Jim
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