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No Competition Between Open and Closed Source?

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the fight-for-the-right dept.

techie writes "MadPenguin.org is highlighting the lack of competition between open and closed source applications. The author writes, 'Is there really the level of competition in the open source world that we see in the closed source world? This is something that has been stuck in my mind lately as I have been told so many times by closed source developers that by opening the code you are creating your own competition. Today, I'm here to explore this theory and hopefully prove why it's false.'"

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  1. mod do:wn by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    website. Mr. de big picture. what ~280MB MPEG off of irc network. The

  2. Of course there is no competition. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Flamebait

    Open Sores sucks and closed source rulez. Anyone that uses open-sores crapware is a fucktard who should earn themselves a Darwin award by finding a razor, running a hot bath and slitting his or her fucking wrists.

    Oh wait, then there would be no shitdot sheeple left.

    GO AHEAD FUCKING FLAME AWAY OR WASTE YOUR GODDAMNED MOD POINTS FUCKTARDED SHITDOT SHEEPLE!!!!!!!!