http://hackaday.com/2008/10/04/techspansion-closes-its-doors/ Fresh hacks every day Fri, 10 Feb 2012 16:05:53 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ http://hackaday.com/2008/10/04/techspansion-closes-its-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-44578 Mon, 06 Oct 2008 09:53:36 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=4280#comment-44578 This example shows better than a thousand words why one should always choose Open Source software whenever possible over the closed equivalent.
I’m amazed looking at how many closed source companies advertise their software as reliable when the mere fact of being closed poses a huge risk for the customer. If the company closes, is bought by another one not interested in further development of the product, the product reaches its planned obsolescence etc, the customer is screwed plain and simple. With Open Source, even in the worst case scenario, say the developer dies one day after releasing the software, you still have the chance to hire someone else to work on the source code.

]]> http://hackaday.com/2008/10/04/techspansion-closes-its-doors/comment-page-1/#comment-44341 Sat, 04 Oct 2008 22:06:54 +0000 http://hackadaycom.wordpress.com/?p=4280#comment-44341 huh, they closed down the company, and the software just goes away?! they could at least have open sourced it… (Netscape died very nicely this way, and see what rose from its ashes…)

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