[Wolves] Re: The Open Source Development Paradigm

Howard Berry h.berry at blueyonder.co.uk
Thu Dec 8 13:39:41 GMT 2005


Kev,
It was good to read about the use of OOS in NHS. But to bring people back
to earth have a gander at this. I think there are some good
complacency-pricking points made. What do you think?

http://technology.guardian.co.uk/weekly/story/0,16376,1660763,00.html
"OpenOffice is the only free and open source product competitive with
Office, able to read and write Microsoft format documents almost
flawlessly. For Linux desktop users, it is the only way to communicate in
the universe of business. But it also vividly demonstrates the limitations
of open source as a way of producing software, and its futility as an
ideology."
-- 
Regards,
Howard Berry
Supporting Open Source Software
http://www.opensource.org




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