OSS (was RE: Green screen - it's time is over/CODE/400 )

[thomas@xxxxxxxxxxx]

jt:

On Fri, 16 November 2001, "jt" wrote:

> I want an *IDENTICAL* match to PDM.

(Well, OSS with the one comment about CODE/400.) Oh, PDM... that's different. 
Never mind.

> > the OSS package. I see much more to OSS; but I don't see lack of
> > capital as a real issue.
>
> Wrong list, I've been told, several times.

It possibly helps, though, when it stays short.

> What I'm also saying is that when you pay a vendor for a product, there's no
> reason why that vendor COULDN'T accept patches from their users.  There's no
> reason users COULDN'T submit patches, for the vendor to co-ordinate.  Don't
> see it happening, though.. I sure gotta admit that.

True, sure. But it's also common that a package is bought (i.e., licensed) for 
big $$$ and then many mods are made to customize for the particular business. 
This is most often done without the benefit of any source code so the mods are 
one of a kind add-ons with little likelihood of actually affecting product 
direction. So in addition to paying the license, the cost of added code still 
shows up and possibly a greater cost than via OSS with benefit of original 
source and possibly a better fit again because of source.

Tom Liotta

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Tom Liotta
The PowerTech Group, Inc.
19426 68th Avenue South
Kent, WA 98032
Phone  253-872-7788
Fax  253-872-7904
http://www.400Security.com


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