From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Tue Jun 2 15:43:52 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.freebsd.org (mx1.freebsd.org [IPv6:2001:4f8:fff6::34]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 95A5C1065672 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:43:52 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: from mail-fx0-f163.google.com (mail-fx0-f163.google.com [209.85.220.163]) by mx1.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 234D58FC21 for ; Tue, 2 Jun 2009 15:43:51 +0000 (UTC) (envelope-from glen.j.barber@gmail.com) Received: by fxm7 with SMTP id 7so1892767fxm.43 for ; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:43:51 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:mime-version:received:in-reply-to:references :date:message-id:subject:from:to:cc:content-type :content-transfer-encoding; bh=5vRsmIA9wHzJwOdGDjM2ALnDCHVZqNufKyCTN+wHWFE=; b=A/SADuUcCSEqCoD1sO+rnT4jjQ8aSwku+WkWOVKOON/NguJlsrnKRAcJYzQYwUJfC8 TP9Exeu/73dCGzLx1J+iWR4/EkA0ELhuBuBg9vpr7kiCFlHg8ilpkyoFqT9JadLPCag7 kgdzRjAIPl+tekTu794Zo33evqbNu+7S6djIg= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:date:message-id:subject:from:to :cc:content-type:content-transfer-encoding; b=vZYWD/JkQlKy+RJUM8sU/e/F3EwIToVbd83wJKwgMrXXwoE5Oe2esrpUlxyPHEn1v3 8YpVJ/0QMc/2TMP7eaxp7KwlTnYazPj3OJ5DxfcsF8k6jvGlg5w5jBsDDODvWMGQGTmK U6ZdogLbpLkoVqvi0hhBzQ0cmlPZyP6ATowkA= MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.204.120.70 with SMTP id c6mr6926213bkr.144.1243957430346; Tue, 02 Jun 2009 08:43:50 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 11:43:50 -0400 Message-ID: <4ad871310906020843n3e7dc96ap28d5d622e844abf1@mail.gmail.com> From: Glen Barber To: madunix Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Open_Source X-BeenThere: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Mailman-Version: 2.1.5 Precedence: list List-Id: User questions List-Unsubscribe: , List-Archive: List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , X-List-Received-Date: Tue, 02 Jun 2009 15:43:52 -0000 Hi, On Tue, Jun 2, 2009 at 11:12 AM, madunix 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 --=20 Glen Barber http://www.dev-urandom.com http://www.linkedin.com/in/glenjbarber