The foundation of the business case for open-source is high reliability. Open-source software is peer-reviewed software; it is more reliable than closed, proprietary software. Mature open-source code is as bulletproof as software ever gets.
Consider DNS, sendmail, the various open-source TCP/IP stacks and utility suites, and the open-source scripting languages such as Perl that are behind most "live" content on the Web. These are the running gears of the Internet.
These open-source programs have demonstrated a level of reliability and robustness under fast-changing conditions (including a huge and rapid increase in the Internet's size) that, considered against the performance record of even the best closed commercial software, is nothing short of astonishing.
FOSS.IN - India's largest Free & Open Source Software (FOSS) event, is just around the corner and I'll be there to learn something about some of the interesting stuff that's appeared on the scene lately.
Read The Case of Open Source for Business.
4 Comments:
Most Respected Code Baba,
I have got a problem.
The girl sitting next to me keeps on singing while listening to
headphone.
Please suggest a solution.
Thanks,
Alpha0
Mon Nov 28, 12:28:00 AM 2005
Hmmm... Since you're asking me this question, I presume that talking to her hasn't helped you. Have you tried singing along with her in a hoarse voice?
Mon Nov 28, 12:38:00 AM 2005
hi, i found your blog through a chain of blogs of friends of friends and i really admire the work you have done....just tooo good.
so tell me were you at FOSS.IN/2005 ?? i was there too, it was real huge and tiring and i'd sit in my room and plan the next day so i cud rush from hall to hall in time :)
what was your experience like?
btw what are the conditions for obtaining permissions to your images...especially this one or hosting a copy of the same?
not really required but might help in due course of time....
Mon Aug 21, 07:12:00 AM 2006
Yes I did attend the first two days of Foss.IN 2005 and enjoyed it a lot. These images are licensed under Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 2.5 License.
Mon Aug 21, 10:41:00 AM 2006
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