Comments on: The Future of Software is Open Source

By: praveen

praveen — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 12:23:21 +0000

The basic necessity of software is to make our work more simple.So when it is placed in open source it can be further modified and can be made more simpler.. So the idea of open software is really benificiary…..

By: XColdBloodedX

XColdBloodedX — Sun, 01 Jun 2008 02:47:11 +0000

His wife is smoking hot.
Get a life asshole.

By: Jamie Jahnke

Jamie Jahnke — Thu, 29 May 2008 23:19:21 +0000

I prefer the low-cost aspect. I couldn’t really care less is it’s proprietary or open-source as long as its stable and does the job for a reasonable price.

By: r3novatyo

r3novatyo — Thu, 29 May 2008 14:41:02 +0000

Anywhere,Anytime working in team with more people is better.That’s why open source is the future.Many ideas means more chances of finding the right one

By: aeiz

aeiz — Thu, 29 May 2008 11:42:33 +0000

For me, open source is already my main source of software. If there is no open source solution, it usually is not worth having at all.

By: Andrew12

Andrew12 — Thu, 29 May 2008 02:15:57 +0000

Most things are now on source forge. such as Phil’s PhiPlan PHP IRC bot. Linux is open source, which means that anyone can take the Kernel and edit everything and change it and twist it and make it their own, by adding new things, deleting other things, usually making it better, or smaller in Damn Small Linux’s case. There are very many distributions of Linux because there is so many. VLC is open source, Firefox is open source, If open source never came up and everything was closed, the internet would get nowhere. Everything would stay the same, every day. It would be very boring eh?

By: voltrabbit7

voltrabbit7 — Thu, 29 May 2008 01:52:50 +0000

Open source windows would be great, the community could actually make it work correctly.

By: jorg pihelgas

jorg pihelgas — Wed, 28 May 2008 23:59:00 +0000

Well i couldn’t but that in better words than you did Chris but i do agree with you i mean, it makes sense if you have an open source program being used by about 1 million people and i’m sure at least 60% then will try to work on what ever bugs they have, there but if it’s some kinda corporation then working on the bugs and making better, etc it will be harder because i’m sure they wont just work on one project for rest of their lives, right?

By: ezoby

ezoby — Wed, 21 May 2008 19:00:31 +0000

I not agree with this. There’s Linux with its 2643 different versions. no one really knows which is the best the ¾ of them is instable one of the version got the cool image gallery but the other the cool effects which should I use? And I don’t know but I think that I’m not using any open source software on my vista. I think that a team making a freeware properly for himself deserves it that no one can change it’s logo in the software he is developing.

By: Shan Gee

Shan Gee — Wed, 21 May 2008 18:29:19 +0000

It doesn’t make sense for the future of software to be open source. Programmers spend their time making software, and a lot of work goes into programming. They deserve the money for all the work they do.

By: Jose

Jose — Sun, 18 May 2008 00:22:12 +0000

I agree with you, open source should be the way of the future. But I think some companies will not be willing to share their secrets with the world, which may eventually cause them to be dominated by an open source product. If all software was like firefox, things would be amazing.

By: highonhayek

highonhayek — Sat, 17 May 2008 03:52:59 +0000

There will be hardcore technical software that no one will write unless paid.

Also games. Don’t forget that.

By: Richard McCahill (rrm74001)

Richard McCahill (rrm74001) — Fri, 16 May 2008 01:12:50 +0000

I believe that open source software is definitely more popular than the software you buy, the main reason being, it is free. However, if all software in open source, does that mean paying for software will become thing of the past? Or will we pay a convenience fee for downloading a program pre-compiled?

With the number of Linux users on the rise, free and open source software is becoming more and more common. However, I find Linux to not be a user-friendly, so I think that is the major downfall of Linux.

Open source is definitely “more trustable”. You can generally assume that open source software is safe because many people in the public eye have looked over the code. However, I do not think a company would like to open themselves up that much. They do not want to reveal too many of their “secrets”.

So overall, I believe the ratio for closed source and open source will remain the same for years to come.

By: bushywhacker

bushywhacker — Thu, 15 May 2008 16:33:53 +0000

I agree there are security issues to the open source solution. However, take a look at the gaming industry and see how mods have enhanced gaming. In a similar way, an open sourced OS would benefit. Imagine the possibilities. If we could just figure out a way around the hackers and the like.

Surely there’s some type of protection that can be offered!

By: TheSlimJim

TheSlimJim — Thu, 15 May 2008 06:41:12 +0000

Yes, indeed. The future of software is inevitably open source. Only a few years ago did I begin to hear about open source. However, at that time I was still using mostly closed source software to do day-to-day activities. Fast-forwarding to today, the open source community has made such great strides that now I use mostly open source software for all of my everyday needs from web browsing to multimedia playing to even some games. And the thing is, casual PC users are beginning to like open source software, and when they like something, it’s bound to catch on in the computer industry like wildfire. How long will we have to wait, though? Sadly, only time will tell.