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Free Software, Get What You Pay For?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the never-had-to-look-for-a-refund dept.

An anonymous reader writes "The Xooglers blog is running an interesting article on how big businesses may start out running free software but there is always the continued question of 'Should we go with something "real"?' at some point in their evolution. How often are technologies like PHP, Perl, and MySQL being pushed out once startups get managers who know nothing about the technology and only worry about name brands?"

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  1. Re:And how often... by sl8r · · Score: 2, Funny

    But [MySQL is] like recreational riding a thoroughbred horse, a smooth, easy fun ride.

    Heaven forbid we actually get to use technology that is fun, Fun, FUN! Now get back to maintaining that Fortran app, you insensitive clod!