Comments on: Open Source vs. proprietary software https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/22/open-source-vs-proprietary-software/ Fresh ideas to advance scientific and cultural literacy. Wed, 06 Jun 2018 02:24:39 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.9.25 By: Cathédrale & Bazar by darksideofzemoon - Pearltrees https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/22/open-source-vs-proprietary-software/#comment-1420 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 11:07:37 +0000 http://www.idea.org/blog/?p=2816#comment-1420 […] Lower cost : Since development is done by a community of volunteers (many of whom are paid by other organizations), your costs don’t need to cover a company’s development expenses. That said, this is a minor savings because in mid-sized software company, the vast majority of expenses are customer support and marketing. Customization : Systems like BuddyPress and Drupal are designed for developers to adapt and extend. Open Source vs. proprietary software […]

]]> By: Sunil Sharma https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/22/open-source-vs-proprietary-software/#comment-1413 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 10:49:00 +0000 http://www.idea.org/blog/?p=2816#comment-1413 Well written piece of information.

You mentioned about "arguments against open source". Questions raised on such topic is useless as I experienced. All open source softwares have own communities, forum and professional expert’s support. Anybody can ask question and can get support easily. Even many professionals are spreading knowledge about the softwares through personal blogs and websites that are very popular too. Of course they may have limits but you can vaporise this limits in few minutes by hiring an experienced open source professionals who are ready to help everybody with or without money.

]]> By: Snowbird https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/22/open-source-vs-proprietary-software/#comment-1388 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:27:09 +0000 http://www.idea.org/blog/?p=2816#comment-1388 However it is said that open source things probably may cost us more than paid systems in overall. This is actually Microsoft response to open source.

]]> By: Snowbird https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/22/open-source-vs-proprietary-software/#comment-1387 Fri, 02 Dec 2011 16:24:06 +0000 http://www.idea.org/blog/?p=2816#comment-1387 Community contributon and involve to an open source project are major issues. For example we see great contribution for WordPress from eco system, and also it is easy to find paid support for that for some tricks or cosmetic changes. But core system is still free.

]]> By: IDEA » Software options for niche social networks https://www.idea.org/blog/2011/07/22/open-source-vs-proprietary-software/#comment-848 Fri, 22 Jul 2011 13:57:06 +0000 http://www.idea.org/blog/?p=2816#comment-848 […] Overall, the quality of leading open source projects (e.g., BuddyPress and Drupal) is on par with leading proprietary/commercial systems. See my post about Open Source vs. Proprietary software. […]

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