I was fourteen. I gave in. I finally downloaded the first episode of that ridiculously popular anime show (Naruto). Excited to see what all the hype my friends were giving it was about, I double clicked the file. “QuickTime cannot open files of the type ‘.mov’”. *Sigh* google-ti
A year later, a forum recommended VLC media player. This was my first experience with open source software. It had me thinking, “How could this possibly be free?” Everything just worked. To this day it is some of my favorite software I’ve ever used.
Once someone explained to me what open source was, it all made sense. Katherine Noyes puts it simply in her article, 10 Reasons Open Source Is Good for Business. She says, “Which is more likely to be better: a software package created by a handful of developers, or a software package created by thousands of developers?” With open source, many of the developers are also the users. They have incentive to make the software great, and not just for profit.
Open source is the way of the future in terms of quality and cost. It’s a true example of “The Wisdom of the Crowds.” I can’t wait to contribute to open source projects as I progress as a programmer.
Let me start of by saying "hi." I feel it should be a common courtesy to offer salutations to a person before commenting on their work. I like the way you have set up your blog and your post. It presents information that is useful, and is timeless in value. You have managed to bring up things I would not have thought to look at; to the subject you have done a good job relating them. It is good that you have put the amount of work you have put into this literature; and what you have produced. It has a lot of value. You have done a good job using sources that are highly credible and provide information that is useful and valid. All students should aspire to produce work that is as high quality as this is. I am glad I had not a chance, not a choice, but it was a mandatory read. I am also glad that this post that I am writing is not by chance, not by choice, but is mandatory; Giving me the pleasure to congratulate you on your accomplishment here.
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ReplyDeleteI really like reading your blog post about Open Source. First of all, you have a great title of the post. Your starting of the blog really got my attention. I like the article that you have referenced in your blog post. That article really incorporates all the most important factors of open source. Even though you have mentioned about almost all the main aspects of the open source software, I think the post was lacking the importance of open source.
Overall, you have a great blog post. I will be looking forward to read your future posts.
Keep blogging!
Hi Andreas, strangely enough Naruto was also the show that forced me to find a new media player as well. However I decided to go with Media Player Classic instead of VLC.I really liked the article you linked as well. It was a good read. It would be nice to know what other open source software you currently use. You did a great job; I look forward to reading for content by you.
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