No Competition Between Open and Closed Source?

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.'"

Comments

Re:Mozilla

[MindStalker]

Apparently from adclick revenue. They get money from google when you use the google search bar next to the url bar.

Re:Mozilla

[jshriverWVU]

Sweet, I've never actually used that, but if it'll help fund their work I'll use it instead of just using google.com as my homepage.

feature catch up

[phrostie]

Do the new versions of IE have tabs?

Yes they do, they must care about the competition then.

Closed Source vs Open Source

[Tuoqui]

Closed Source is all about competition. If you want to make a new image editor in a closed source model then you are going to end up competing with Photoshop at some point or another. You can compete based on price, features, etc... And lets face it at $600 a copy for Photoshop it isnt that hard to compete in terms of price.

Open Source is admittedly more about co-operation and some degree of competition. This is why you have projects like Gimp which seem to overshadow other OSS image editing software. If you want a feature and you already use a software you are more likely to submit the idea to the project or if they are knowledgeable in coding do it themselves and offer it.

After all Open Source is all about not having to reinvent the wheel everytime you want to build a car.

Re:Mozilla

[stoomart]

CTRL+K will do the trick.

Re:Mozilla

[yahwotqa]

I just tend to type "g search terms" in the URL bar - much faster, as cursor is in that bar when opening new tab in firefox. Ohnoes, I am stealing money from mozilla!

(Some geek had to point this feature out, so why not me? :) )

Re:Apples to Oranges

[micheas]

I haven't seen an EULA yet, closed or open source, that didn't waive any and all responsibility or fitness for any purpose.

Check out Quiken's tax software EULA (if the software makes a mistake Quiken pays the IRS fines for making the mistake. One year they laid out some serious cash over a bug.)

As someone that has paid very little for software in the last five years, I would seriously consider buying quicken for linux the EULA would make it worth a look, to me at least.