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Open Source Alternatives to Dreamweaver Templating
comforteagle writes "One of the greatest hurdles for people wishing to 'switch' to FOSS and Linux is finding a good replacement tool for what they are accustomed to using. In Open Source Alternatives to Dreamweaver Templating Mark Stosberg investigates what open source solutions are available to replace Dreamweaver's powerful templating capabilities." Update: 01/09 by J : Hey, just for the record, Template Toolkit, which provides the solution Mr. Stosberg settles on, also powers much of Slashdot.
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Why Open Source Software is Bad for the Software Development Industry
Introduction
This paper will discuss Open Source Software (OSS) and its detrimental effect on the software industry. In particular, OSS devalues the software market and thus has a direct impact on the value of the individual software developer, the traditional software development vendor, and also reduces the innovation of the software development industry by limiting the amount of capital that can be spent on research and development.
Open Source Software
Open Source Software (OSS) is defined as a software product where access to the full source code is available to anyone, and includes the right to modify and redistribute the source code. OSS has had a long history in the software industry, however has been mostly limited to software to service the technical community. Recently, OSS has made inroads in the commercial, non-technical areas. Today, Open Source variants of common software packages such as word processors, web browsers, databases, and graphics toolsets are available from a variety of sources.
The Negative Impact of OSS
The impact of OSS is felt throughout the software development industry. Such software is widely distributed via the Internet and is usually made available for zero, or near zero, cost to the end user. The net result is a devaluation of software in financial terms and a loss of valuable revenue streams which drive research and development and innovation in the software development industry.
Many OSS packages are simply designed to be "drop-in" replacements of the corresponding closed source applications and simply copy the "look and feel" and the interface elements of the closed source equivalents. Although these replacement packages do not typically offer the feature set of their closed source counterparts, they usually are regarded as "good enough" by most end-users due to their low acquisition costs. This low (usually zero) cost simply drives down the market value of all applications in that class. This seems to be a good thing for the end user, as it reduces the near term capital outlay to acquire functional software packages, however it has a much more dire effect on the long-term viability of the software industry.
OSS alternatives usually appear after a successful commercial package appears on the market. These OSS copies will leverage the results of the large R&D investments made by the closed source vendors, and eliminates or severely reduces the need for the OSS producers to make similar investments in R&D. Even if the OSS copy does not provide the full functionality of the closed source offering, it will typically offer "good enough" value to the end user with low-end needs. This serves to eliminate any revenue potential for that segment of the market. You can see the effect of this most prominently in the web server area. Since there is at least one OSS web server package freely available, most users can choose to deploy an OSS variant of the software instead of choosing a closed source shrink-wrapped software package. This has served to eliminate many commercial closed source companies from the web server market. Those few that remain either have very deep funding from some other source, or serve very specialized segments of the market where an OSS alternative has not appeared yet. The long-term effect of this pressure on the low end of the market is to severely reduce the revenue necessary to produce new innovative products. Since these OSS offerings are also typically direct copies of the closed source product, no new innovation occurs and the segment will stagnate. This effect has already been seen in the database and web server areas where OSS has made significant inroads. In particular, the OSS "Apache" web server has captured majority share of both the low-end and high-end of the market segment. This has resulted in very little innovation in the web server market, as start-up companies are unable to enter the market.
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