Opposing Open Source?

Carl Nasal asks: "For a college class I'm taking, I have to write a research paper. I chose a topic of how open source software affects businesses, focusing on the use of Linux. While doing searches, I have actually found it hard to find opposing views of open source software. Mainly, what I'm looking for, are opinions, articles, looks, and evidence about the drawbacks of using open source software in business. They can either be online or offline, but preferably from reliable sources. (In other words, I'd rather not just have someone's homepage that loves Microsoft and hates Linux.)" The more constructive criticism we get about the drawbacks of Open Source, the better we can address and fix them.

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This is probably not a first post, but..

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Opposing Opinions of Open Source

[rlp]

Gee, I'd start with www.microsoft.com ...

Your best bet

[Ace905]

Your best bet would be to check the resources at OpenvsClosed.com . They're generally a good source for information on software trends and business needs.

Also, Eggplants!

Re:Your best bet

[Julian352]

Did anyone look at the URL above? Both URL's lead to eggforge.com which has nothing to do with this topic. I think this is a shameless plug rather than informative comment.
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Consider legal issues

[garoush]

"Mainly, what I'm looking for, are opinions, articles, looks, and evidence about the drawbacks of using open source software in business."

I don't have links to share with you, but I can share my experience.

Almost 2 years ago, in a think-tank setting a bunch of us at a company that I won't name here, refused to use Open Source program/code out of the fear that if anything goes wrong using Open Source program/code, there is no one to "hold responsible" over it. Read that as to "sue" the party.

Because of this legal issue, we stayed away from Open Source. I know few other companies that I got in contact with share this few.

However, I must point out that now IBM is supporting Linux, things will change.

No revenue

[LordNimon]

Since you can't sell open-source software, it's very difficult to make money developing it. Sure, you could give away the software for free and sell support, but that only works if your software is so hard to use that it NEEDS support. If your software is stable, well-documented, and easy-to-use, why would you pay for a support contract?

Moderators: please don't mod me down as a troll, because I honestly believe what I wrote. Instead, how about proving me wrong in a reply?

Great job, mods!

[Anonymous Coward]

Jeez, you didn't even check the links. The fact that he's typed one address and Slashcode puts another in brackets should throw you a tiny hint.

If one of the moderators with a brain wouldn't mind modding the parent to oblivion, then this, I'd appreciate it.

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