From kde-devel Tue Jul 28 09:22:15 2009 From: viwe lolwane Date: Tue, 28 Jul 2009 09:22:15 +0000 To: kde-devel Subject: Fwd: Open source vs Closed source... What makes Open Source work. Message-Id: <6d02055d0907280222v34811811u9a9606745c150a9d () mail ! gmail ! com> X-MARC-Message: https://marc.info/?l=kde-devel&m=124877302006947 MIME-Version: 1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="--===============0266689057==" --===============0266689057== Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=001485f5af94411acb046fc09ba2 --001485f5af94411acb046fc09ba2 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Hi everyone. Just have a general question on open source, I would like to know what is the reason behind the success of open source development, looking at the success of products like linux, kde this are world class software products.. when you look at the development process of open source I can deduce that documentation is rare, the developers operate on environments like mailing list, forums, they rarely meet. How reliable are open source softwares compared to closed source softwares, developed by organizations like Microsoft, and i would also like to compare the development process used by both. is it fair to say that open source software must be full of bugs and errors compared to closed source because it is designed by volunteers, but again it has been successful. is the future of development an open source development process or are we doomed to fail? What is really good about Open Source, and what are the disadvantages. -- viwe lolwane. S A Square Kilometer Array Telescope cell +2782 367 9417 Phone (w) :021 531 7282 Fax:021 531 9761 Website: www.ska.ac.za -- viwe lolwane. Intern S A Square Kilometer Array Telescope cell +2782 367 9417 Phone (w) :021 531 7282 Fax:021 531 9761 Website: www.ska.ac.za --001485f5af94411acb046fc09ba2 Content-Type: text/html; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Hi everyone.

Just have a gene= ral question on open source, I would like to know what is the reason behind= =A0
the success of open source development, looking at the succes= s of products like linux, kde
this are world class software products.. =A0when you look at the devel= opment process of open=A0
source I can deduce that documentation = is rare, the developers operate on environments like
mailing=A0li= st, forums, they rarely meet.=A0

How reliable are open source softwares compared =A0to c= losed source softwares, developed=A0
by organizations like Micros= oft, and i would also like to compare the development process=A0
= used by both. is=A0it fair to say that open source software must be full of= bugs and errors compared=A0
to closed=A0source because it is designed by volunteers, =A0but again = it has been successful. is the future=A0
of development an open s= ource development process or are we doomed to fail?

What is really good about Open Source, and what are the= disadvantages. =A0

--
viwe lolwane.=A0
S A Square Kil= ometer Array Telescope

cell +2782 367 9417
Phone (w) :021 531 7282
Fax:021 531 9761
Website: www.ska.ac.za



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viwe lolwane. =A0Intern
S A Squar= e Kilometer Array Telescope

cell +2782 367 9417
Phone (w) :021 53= 1 7282
Fax:021 531 9761
Website: www= .ska.ac.za
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