What is Open Source Movement ? (in progress)
Created | Updated Jan 28, 2002
In a very strict sense, open source software is software given for free, you won't pay for it, and often its quality equal or greater than commercial software.
Software Quality ?
Often quality is given for granted until when your PC lock-up (you know that small messagebox about unexpected errors, lost files, three keys salute, reset computer, etc).
Why software is so unstable ?
see http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A640739
A couple of examples of quality free software:
- Apache (is the most used and robust web server around)
- Java Architecture (it's a programming language of last generation)
Strange, you could think, WHY for the sake of Marvin, one (actually hundred-thousand around the world) programmer should work for free after-hours ?
There are a number of reasons, some of them are in any particular order:
- Software, today, can't live alone, I mean
- Personal proud
- Be happy helping others
Software Quality ?
Often quality is given for granted until when your PC lock-up (you know that small messagebox about unexpected errors, lost files, three keys salute, reset computer, etc).
Why software is so unstable ?
see http://www.bbc.co.uk/h2g2/guide/A640739
A couple of examples of quality free software:
- Apache (is the most used and robust web server around)
- Java Architecture (it's a programming language of last generation)
Strange, you could think, WHY for the sake of Marvin, one (actually hundred-thousand around the world) programmer should work for free after-hours ?
There are a number of reasons, some of them are in any particular order:
- Software, today, can't live alone, I mean
- Personal proud
- Be happy helping others
