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<blockquote data-quote="ForgottenSeer 72227" data-source="post: 859085"><p>Well to be fair I think there's a misconception with open source with the expectation that the software always has to be free. All it really means is that the source code is openly available to look at and and/or reuse. Technically speaking MS could make Windows open source and still charge for it, but from a business standpoint and an intellectual standpoint, they keep it closed sourced. One thing that bugs me about open source is that everyone is copying everyone and there doesn't seem to be any really innovation IMHO. It's way to diluted and because you can use the code, a lot of people just piggy back off the hard work that others have done. They didn't put nearly as much effort into it, but yet they take the code, come up with an new name and voila, a new linux distro. I don't have any data to support this, but my gut tells me this is one of the reasons as to why Linux has never taken off. It's way too diluted with a million distros (exaggerating the number <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite115" alt=":p" title="Stick out tongue :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />), not to mention all the various UI's etc. At least with WIndows, or Mac OS, you know what your getting. With Linux it's like ok, which distro is it, oh wait, which UI is this, oh wait I have to use pacman, or apt-get, oh wait etc...</p><p></p><p>Like you said a lot of open source projects are "free," but a lot of that has to do with donations, or developers working on the project during their spare time. As you stated however, which is a great example of the overlying discussion here, is that a lot of these projects die off, either due to lack of funds, man power, etc.. At the end of the day, it's still related to funds, as people don't want to work for free. One thing I would be interested in, is how many people actually donate to these projects/developers, vs just using it because it's free? My guess is that the donations don't reflect how many people are actually using the program.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="ForgottenSeer 72227, post: 859085"] Well to be fair I think there's a misconception with open source with the expectation that the software always has to be free. All it really means is that the source code is openly available to look at and and/or reuse. Technically speaking MS could make Windows open source and still charge for it, but from a business standpoint and an intellectual standpoint, they keep it closed sourced. One thing that bugs me about open source is that everyone is copying everyone and there doesn't seem to be any really innovation IMHO. It's way to diluted and because you can use the code, a lot of people just piggy back off the hard work that others have done. They didn't put nearly as much effort into it, but yet they take the code, come up with an new name and voila, a new linux distro. I don't have any data to support this, but my gut tells me this is one of the reasons as to why Linux has never taken off. It's way too diluted with a million distros (exaggerating the number :p), not to mention all the various UI's etc. At least with WIndows, or Mac OS, you know what your getting. With Linux it's like ok, which distro is it, oh wait, which UI is this, oh wait I have to use pacman, or apt-get, oh wait etc... Like you said a lot of open source projects are "free," but a lot of that has to do with donations, or developers working on the project during their spare time. As you stated however, which is a great example of the overlying discussion here, is that a lot of these projects die off, either due to lack of funds, man power, etc.. At the end of the day, it's still related to funds, as people don't want to work for free. One thing I would be interested in, is how many people actually donate to these projects/developers, vs just using it because it's free? My guess is that the donations don't reflect how many people are actually using the program. [/QUOTE]
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