Just read again you-get-what-you-pay-for argument about the Open Source Software. Author of the post simply didn’t know that 95+ % computers and devices running Open Source software today, in one form or another. It’s probably the highest impact trend since the Internet and Mobile Computing. The Internet server, the mobile phone, super-computers, watches, IoT devices -all most likely running the Open Source software. There are a few companies who were trying to compete with open source on similar offerings, they are all dead or dying. Google and Amazon’s successes were partly due to the Open Source Software. Failing to understand what Open Source means to the industry had left great big successful companies to fight for survival: Nokia, RIM etc.
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