Thinking that free is the only aspect of software that matters is “freetarded” – Microsoft is onto us.
Of the many sins that Silicon Valley practices, none are more dangerous or prevalent than the sin of smugness. Savio Rodrigues had a good posting recently making the point that Microsoft is learning from and adapting to the open-source movement, while the open-source movement is so enamored with “free” that they are not paying enough attention to the total cost of ownership from a customer’s perspective.
Of the many sins that Silicon Valley practices, none are more dangerous or prevalent than the sin of smugness. Savio Rodrigues had a good posting recently making the point that Microsoft is learning from and adapting to the open-source movement, while the open-source movement is so enamored with “free” that they are not paying enough attention to the total cost of ownership from a customer’s perspective.
Link: jdj.sys-con.com
Category:
- Open Source
