Comments on: Blueprint for Competing with Proprietary Software http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/ Open Source, Open Standards Sat, 05 Oct 2013 13:48:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1 By: pandora charms http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-840149 pandora charms Mon, 01 Apr 2013 08:41:57 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-840149 hello ,That's a good post.thanks for sharing. hello
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]]> By: kmarsh http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6220 kmarsh Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6220 Email from Linux mag 2/9/09 "Peek behind the curtain to see how propritary" (sic).<br /> <br /> Got spelling? Email from Linux mag 2/9/09 “Peek behind the curtain to see how propritary” (sic).

Got spelling?

]]> By: gromm http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6221 gromm Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6221 Oh yes, the link you used at the beginning of the page should not enrage the FOSS community, it should serve to enlighten and inform.<br /> <br /> If it does annoy you to no end, that's because you don't care about the end user. In fact, you might even *hate* the Great Unwashed and wish a pox upon them all.<br /> <br /> Sourceforge is probably the biggest offender and preventer of adoption of FOSS, because of the way they design their site. If anything, there should be an innocuous "I am a developer" or "I want to contribute" button somewhere on the site that makes the user-friendly side of the site disappear and be replaced by what we have today. If the Sourceforge masters wanted to sell FOSS software to the people, the site should more resemble the Tucows site, which is geared towards easy downloading and installation of software. Oh yes, the link you used at the beginning of the page should not enrage the FOSS community, it should serve to enlighten and inform.

If it does annoy you to no end, that’s because you don’t care about the end user. In fact, you might even *hate* the Great Unwashed and wish a pox upon them all.

Sourceforge is probably the biggest offender and preventer of adoption of FOSS, because of the way they design their site. If anything, there should be an innocuous “I am a developer” or “I want to contribute” button somewhere on the site that makes the user-friendly side of the site disappear and be replaced by what we have today. If the Sourceforge masters wanted to sell FOSS software to the people, the site should more resemble the Tucows site, which is geared towards easy downloading and installation of software.

]]> By: juhanleemet http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6222 juhanleemet Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6222 I must agree. Many times I'm led to an interesting FOSS website, and I recall "something" about it, but the site does not include any kind of summary or even link to "what is this thing". All kinds of yadda, yadda about how to download, configure, build, install. After several decades, I'm reasonably capable of doing that. However, there is no way to "guess" what the functionality might be from a whimsical name. I must agree. Many times I’m led to an interesting FOSS website, and I recall “something” about it, but the site does not include any kind of summary or even link to “what is this thing”. All kinds of yadda, yadda about how to download, configure, build, install. After several decades, I’m reasonably capable of doing that. However, there is no way to “guess” what the functionality might be from a whimsical name.

]]> By: thatblackguy http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6223 thatblackguy Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6223 I believe there are more companies that people are aware of that are directly competing with their proprietary counterparts.<br /> <br /> One of the skills I see emerging now is a need for more people that can find open source alternatives to the mainstream. I will agree to a degree that some of the open source software makers really are more about the software than the problem, but there are good companies out there that provide excellent support for their software (even the community versions), and are willing to implement changes based on the requests of their customer base. <br /> <br /> http://intelliginix.com I believe there are more companies that people are aware of that are directly competing with their proprietary counterparts.

One of the skills I see emerging now is a need for more people that can find open source alternatives to the mainstream. I will agree to a degree that some of the open source software makers really are more about the software than the problem, but there are good companies out there that provide excellent support for their software (even the community versions), and are willing to implement changes based on the requests of their customer base.

http://intelliginix.com

]]> By: quesadam http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6224 quesadam Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6224 thatblackguy:<br /> <br /> I love it as it is... leave it alone! I pray everyday that the OSS products keep reflecting the culture of the people that created them. Why? Because it keeps you and I business. Like you I am in the business of providing OSS solutions to people with business needs that would be too mundane for OSS developers to touch. I am lucky enough to understand real world business requirements and how to map them to OSS solutions. thatblackguy:

I love it as it is… leave it alone! I pray everyday that the OSS products keep reflecting the culture of the people that created them. Why? Because it keeps you and I business. Like you I am in the business of providing OSS solutions to people with business needs that would be too mundane for OSS developers to touch. I am lucky enough to understand real world business requirements and how to map them to OSS solutions.

]]> By: bugmenot http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6225 bugmenot Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6225 Ha! I have to agree with the above -- my favorites are the FOSS descriptions like "Abuse - An SDL port of Abuse" (that's for real!), and such. Or my GNU favorite "To understand how to transcode a MP3 to WAV, you have to understand how the human ear works" - followed by a 40 page diatribe on sound sampling, yadda yadda yadda. Buzzt! I found another piece of software.<br /> <br /> I'm almost all Linux at home -- but reading over some of the free packages makes you realize why many of the developers are all alone over a computer late at night in their parent's basement... Ha! I have to agree with the above — my favorites are the FOSS descriptions like “Abuse – An SDL port of Abuse” (that’s for real!), and such. Or my GNU favorite “To understand how to transcode a MP3 to WAV, you have to understand how the human ear works” – followed by a 40 page diatribe on sound sampling, yadda yadda yadda. Buzzt! I found another piece of software.

I’m almost all Linux at home — but reading over some of the free packages makes you realize why many of the developers are all alone over a computer late at night in their parent’s basement…

]]> By: jobardu http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6226 jobardu Wed, 30 Nov -0001 00:00:00 +0000 http://www.linux-mag.com/id/7260/#comment-6226 The viewpoint in this article is limited but spot on. The key to enhanced FOSS competitiveness is in stacking up functionality of applications. The UNIX/Linux community writes software with a philosophy of one program one function. That is very good, especially for small development teams or individual contributors. As in business, most innovation comes from small groups. <br /> <br /> Yet market dominating software is written by large teams. An example, Microsoft Office Word plus Publisher dominate documentation and brochures. Individual Linux applications don't provide a superior solution, only a cheaper one that is a bit less functional. Yet how about the following: Open Office plus Scribus plus LyX are all free and their combined functionality puts Microsoft applications to shame. Thus combining the functionality of FOSS compared to mainstream proprietary applications will give FOSS a competitive performance advantage that, combined with price advantage, will be persuasive to a number of users. The viewpoint in this article is limited but spot on. The key to enhanced FOSS competitiveness is in stacking up functionality of applications. The UNIX/Linux community writes software with a philosophy of one program one function. That is very good, especially for small development teams or individual contributors. As in business, most innovation comes from small groups.

Yet market dominating software is written by large teams. An example, Microsoft Office Word plus Publisher dominate documentation and brochures. Individual Linux applications don’t provide a superior solution, only a cheaper one that is a bit less functional. Yet how about the following: Open Office plus Scribus plus LyX are all free and their combined functionality puts Microsoft applications to shame. Thus combining the functionality of FOSS compared to mainstream proprietary applications will give FOSS a competitive performance advantage that, combined with price advantage, will be persuasive to a number of users.

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