Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:43:50 -0400 From: Glen Barber <glen.j.barber@gmail.com> To: madunix <madunix@gmail.com> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open_Source Message-ID: <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com>
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Hi,
On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:12 AM, madunix <madunix@gmail.com> wrote:
> Dear Experts,
>
> I want to know out of your experience people the following,
> 1- How open source served your businesses =A0requirements?
Allowing extensibility. Generally, if something needs to be changed,
it _can_ be changed, and usually with minimal overhead.
> 2- What kind of application that running on Open Source?
This is a very vague question. Do you mean desktop or server
applications? (I use FreeBSD for both purposes... Hopefully that
answers your question. :) )
> 3- General experience with Open Source technology?
>
I believe people can get more experience in general with open source
technologies than they can with closed source. The reason is simple:
I can look at the code. I can study it. I can see what
${APPLICATION} is doing, and how the developer designed it. This, in
itself, makes me better at what I do, and better at troubleshooting my
own code.
On the same note, free software enables me to get experience with more
applications without burning through my wallet. :)
> Your input would be really appreciated.
>
> Thanks
> madunix
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Glen Barber
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