-This means that there's no support,
Buy support! C/C++/SQL/Java are free with no support, but you don't choose to only program in JCL4800 because Burroughs sold it.
- The UI design of open-source software is often terrible.
Ever seen in house or enterprise software
- There's noone to turn to with feature requests
Yes because I have Bill's cell phone # for new windows features I want
- There's no marketing for open-source software.
Depends whether you look for software on the web or in the WSJ
- You have no guarantee that your open-source software will be updated in the future
Whereas you have a guarantee that MSFT will stop selling XP
- Most business-types, don't even know that there is such a thing as open-source software
That's why they have staff. They don't know how an IP datagram gets to their web server but they still have a web site. Or possibly they don't - they will be running DecNet or SNA because you can't trust this free TCP stuff.
- The UI design of open-source software is often terrible. Ever seen in house or enterprise software
- There's noone to turn to with feature requests Yes because I have Bill's cell phone # for new windows features I want
- There's no marketing for open-source software. Depends whether you look for software on the web or in the WSJ
- You have no guarantee that your open-source software will be updated in the future Whereas you have a guarantee that MSFT will stop selling XP
- Most business-types, don't even know that there is such a thing as open-source software That's why they have staff. They don't know how an IP datagram gets to their web server but they still have a web site. Or possibly they don't - they will be running DecNet or SNA because you can't trust this free TCP stuff.