Date: Tue, 2 Jun 2009 20:30:43 +0200 (CEST) From: Wojciech Puchar <wojtek@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> To: Steve Bertrand <steve@ibctech.ca> Cc: Gary Kline <kline@thought.org>, freebsd-questions@freebsd.org, madunix <madunix@gmail.com> Subject: Re: Open_Source Message-ID: <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906022026530.18404@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> In-Reply-To: <4A256E7B.5050906@ibctech.ca> References: <4d3f56c90906020812t40c5fcbv178bcd7f702356f@mail.gmail.com> <4A2550C1.6060702@ibctech.ca> <20090602165527.GA23405@thought.org> <alpine.BSF.2.00.0906021946110.2742@wojtek.tensor.gdynia.pl> <4A256E7B.5050906@ibctech.ca>
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>> There will always be both of them. And that's OK as long as you can choose. > > Yes, I agree. > > I use Windows as my workstation, because there are some specific > applications that require Windows to run. You don't have to explain - you use because you want to :) that's all. > Being able to modify software to fit our ever changing environment is > key, and so is knowing that (for the most part), the ability is there to > communicate directly with the developers. > > Another side-effect of using open source software is that over time, you > learn how things *really* work. For instance, if you have garnered up But this is not because of open source. Some closed source too - allows you or even motivates to understand things. And some open source apps - try to prevent you from understanding anything. It's depend of certain product, NOT only the fact of source availability. > Speaking of logging, open source applications do log...properly. Depends of program. There are as much open source crap as closed source.
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