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Originally posted by N_Jay


Nope, not a fan of Open-Source.

I personally think it is a flawed concept (much like socialism) that sounds good on the surface and has many underlying issues that the proponents care to ignore.

I have been watching the 'Open-Source is going to win" battle for over 10 years now, and I don't see any significant change in the outcome.

I'm not sure what you mean by "win" but I know open source software is used by lots of companies.

All that aside, I would better (without looking at any data, but feel free to correct me if you know better) that almost any US state with a major university has more people working on open source software than the total of Cuba.

I'm sure that's the case. but didn't I already say that? cuba is/will be a relatively tiny developer population.

Since the total work of the entire open source world has not been able to reach the "tipping point" (so to speak), I don't think bringing the software development "power" of Cuba to the task is going to make any impact.

nobody said they were going to be a big impact. I'll even say that it'll take them time to catch up anyway.

So unless someone has some new information, I will keep this news in the "who cares" category.

ok, we'll leave it in the n_jay personal "who cares" category.

Of curse those who follow Open-Source with a religious like fervor will see this just as some see the image of Mary in a shadow, as a divine sign.

I doubt there are any who see it as that, but maybe you might know someone.

(Maybe its not obvious, but I ave given this a lot of thought rather than just approaching it with the mindset of a pro or anti open-source drone.)

I'm open to whatever works best/efficient, which includes open source software. for example, to share files between linux and windows, I use samba. did you just have a terrible experience with open source software, that you have such an anti-open source attitude?

If you really think it is that big A deal, I will bring it up with a friend I am visiting this week. He is the founder/president of a small software company. He may have a different view than I or you have.

nope, I never thought of it as a big deal. just something I came across, and I thought of sharing it here.

btw, in case you're not up to date on technology news, big companies are embracing open source software. I'm sure you've heard of companies like microsoft, ibm, sun, and google.