Seth Arnold wrote: >On Tue, Sep 24, 2002 at 12:30:55AM -0700, T. Kenji Sugahara wrote: > > >>Open Source is great but how about support? >> >> >Oh yes, as a humourous aside about Microsoft support: >http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/ > My favorite study on the quality of Microsoft support: http://www.bmug.org/news/articles/MSvsPF.html Seriously, my point about requiring custom software to be delivered to the state with source code and an open source license is precisely so that the state can choose to purchase support from anyone, not just the consultant that built it. Crispin -- Crispin Cowan, Ph.D. Chief Scientist, WireX http://wirex.com/~crispin/ Security Hardened Linux Distribution: http://immunix.org Available for purchase: http://wirex.com/Products/Immunix/purchase.html
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