Re: Open source vs Closed source... What makes Open Source tick.

Thanks

But what really is the strength of open source, is this the feature? Is it a good development process.

Sure the quality of open source is Good, and very surprising because it is not properly managed 

compared to Closed source and lack some documentation.

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Alexis Ménard <menard@xxxxxxx> wrote:

On Tue, Jul 28, 2009 at 11:15 AM, viwe lolwane <ghostnet2000@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi everyone.

Just have a general question on open source, I would like to know what is the reason behind 

the success of open source development, looking at the success of products like linux, kde

this are world class software products..  when you look at the development process of open 

source I can deduce that documentation is rare, the developers operate on environments like

mailing list, forums, they rarely meet. 

How are reliable are open source softwares compared  to closed source softwares developed 

like organizations, and i would also like to compare the development process used by both. is 

it fair to say that open source software must be full of bugs and errors compared to closed 

Mmm this is not true. I can give you couple of closed source software that are FULL of bugs (Nokia PC Suite, MobileMe of Apple for instance).
The thing is you can't access to their bug tracker to see how much bugs they have. This is the same for the code quality, how you can check closed source code quality, you don't have access? But i can tell you that all application have hacks, horrible code somewhere, it's just that with open source it is easier to see it.
 

source because it is designed by volunteers  but again it has been successful. is the future 

of development an open source development process or are we doomed to fail?

What is really good about Open Source, and what are the disadvantages.  

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