>>The circumstance where Open Source is good at providing "patches"
>>quicker than the proprietary arena involves the "emergency" scenarios.
>>And though this is true even for security products, what the
>>"companies" are good at are the regular, mundane updates. That's the
>>service aspect that you can't buy with Open Source, and that's what's
>>more true in our ("Security") area of expertise.
>It's not free, but you can buy service for open source products. Many
>companies will sell you service for mundane tasks for open source
>systems. The above is just false.
You're right. What I was referring to is the concept that Open Source
is cheaper because it's Open Source. And you're making the point I
intended. That being, service is a separate issue that you would still
need to pay for.
Jimmy
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