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5 Sep 2024 11:21:02 EDT (-0400)
  Re: Open source software is always stable  
From: Warp
Date: 18 Oct 2009 15:38:17
Message: <4adb6ea9@news.povray.org>
SharkD <mik### [at] gmailcom> wrote:
> On 10/17/2009 7:29 PM, Warp wrote:
> >    There is, however, another advantage I can think of: With OSS you not only
> > can "try before you buy", but you can skip the latter part of that altogether.
> > So it's not like you are losing something by trying OSS (except perhaps a bit
> > of time).

> Not true if time itself is money. I.e. you may "lose" some by wasting 
> hours/days/weeks on OSS software that doesn't end up working.

  How much more do you lose by having to pay software licenses?

  You can't claim that trying an OSS for a few days costs more than eg.
buying a Windows license for 10 servers, for instance.

-- 
                                                          - Warp


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