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Why Use Free/Open Source Software?

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the quantitative-analysis dept.

An Anonymous Coward writes "I came across Why Use Open Source / Free Software? at Linux Today. As the author says in his intro: "This paper provides quantitative data that, in many cases, using Open Source / Free Source software is a reasonable or even superior approach to using their proprietary competition according to various measures." Good to see stuff we've known / suspected for some time backed up by real data...."

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  1. Re:Finally! by fferreres · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    The post is great, but isit really funny? If it where for me i'd leave it at +1....

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