On Monday 08 October 2007, leenix wrote:
- I realize the source is available, but I want my developers
developing OUR software not OS (Fill in your other FOSS software here) software.
The idea is that you have the OPTION to develop it if nobody else will. And quite frankly: who is going to add that occasional obscure feature that only you need?
- If I buy a piece of software that is closed-source, the company
selling it to me has to support it. If something is wrong with it, they'll fix it, because that's where they make their money.
Quite the contrary. They make their money selling the software, NOT supporting it. The people who make money providing support is the Open Source developers.
- If I buy [closed-source company]'s software I know it will work with
their Database, Mail server, Office Suite, etc. because it is made by the same company. I'm not sure that we'll be able to get [open-source company]'s software to talk to our existing infrastructure, our to our partner's existing infrastructure.
That's what standards are for. Get rid of non-compliant stuff every chance you get, and then you're not locked down to that one Database, Mail server, etc. Obviously nobody is 100% SQL compliant, but many Free offerings come close. Admittedly, most IMAP servers suck at some level, but I would argue that the non-compliant software sucks even more.