re: Because Its Fun

Durethia — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 19:14:35 GMT

Before Microsoft decides to try to find ways to make Microsoft Visual Basic "more fun" hoping to motivate developers to spend thousands of dollars on that software....

"fun" is not the key motivating factor for OSS development. The fact that ViM + GCC can do absolutely every concept applied or developing that Computer Science has to offer... what advantage does anything from MS has to offer? Even if VB can wash my dishes, I have to pay money for it. I don't have to spend 1 cent for GNU GCC.

I'll let Microsoft in on a little secret. This fact probably accounts for substantial motivation to adopt OSS in business and industry. New peace of hardware? Why spend the extra money on Microsoft software? Develop all key features of the hardware drivers for Linux, for the bare cost of development. If someone comes along and is willing to invest enough to outsource Win32 development to India... then Windows will get a port. <- this happens in nearly every industry from military/government to game development and medicine! With more people also adopting OSS software solutions, the prospect of porting to Windows grows less by the day.

re: Because Its Fun

business consulting — Fri, 03 Apr 2009 00:10:21 GMT

This is very cool..and I really look forward to new developments..especially with Skype..love that service..I am excited about our technology future..looks like the whole world is working on tech improvements..its great!

re: Because Its Fun

Ole Andersen — Tue, 31 Mar 2009 11:40:44 GMT

Yeah, open source is fun. Btw; Congrats on the recent "win" over Tomtom. Why don't you just shut this site down anyway? It's a bit like a play without an audience. Who left in disgust.

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