CIOs Band Together Against Paying For Software Bugs

Posted by ryuzaki0 on Tuesday October 16, 2001 @07:30AM from the just-make-it-run dept.

gmerideth writes: "This article over at cio.com interviews several CIO's who are sick and tired of spending billions every year on software upgrades simply because the creater tells them to upgrade as they wont support previous versions or they get stuck into lengthy, costly licenses. Quoted from the article "Other companies, such as Ameritrade Holding, are opting for open-source technologies such as the GNU and Linux operating systems, the Apache Web server and Sendmail e-mail.". It's glad to see the open source movement doing it's job."

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Re:Wait a minute. Somebody's shifting blame. by edrugtrader · 2001-10-16 08:23 · Score: 0, Offtopic

oracle licks monkey balls.

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Re:Sfotware Bugs by certsoft · 2001-10-16 09:28 · Score: 0, Offtopic

If you are a programmer, and are reading this right now, take a few minutes after every block of code, go grab a cup of coffee....
I don't drink coffee.