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Originally Posted by pawoSD
The issue with making something like windows open source is that it then becomes the product of said developer who makes changes to it. Microsoft could not really then be held responsible to support it, and the burden falls to in-house IT and developers, which can lead to knowledge silo's....and that is never good. Also companies buying a closed-source OS know what they are getting, and the support that comes with it or that is available if needed. If everyone was running different distributions and mods of the same OS, interoperability on a large scale and software support on a large scale would become an intense nightmare. Its bad enough as it is!  |
In the extreme case I agree with what you are saying - but - the concept of open source doesn't have to be so scary. It has come a long way in a short space of time - it is now getting to be standardised: People are agreeing to do certain things in a certain way. I think it is growing up and getting better all the time. It isn't so much like the geeky star trek fan that nobody would talk to in the lunch queue anymore!
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