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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. Re:Mozilla by MindStalker · · Score: 4, Informative

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

  2. feature catch up by phrostie · · Score: 4, Informative

    Do the new versions of IE have tabs?

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