Buying the failure of millions for nothing?!? That's Open Source for you

July 7th, 2010

Weighing up the choice between a custom built system and open source? (assuming both are available).

It makes much more business sense to go with the open source version, that way you acquire a version that has grown off the back of failure, they’ve already made all the mistakes.

Building a custom system means it’s you that make all the mistakes and inherently pay for them.

WordPress (the engine behind this very blog) is a great example, by leveraging WordPress you tap into the collective knowledge & failiings of millions of installations.

Just a thought, open source is entirely applicable in business, especially when you realise that you’re buying the failure of millions.

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This entry was posted on Wednesday, July 7th, 2010 at 6:16 pm. feed



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One Response to “Buying the failure of millions for nothing?!? That's Open Source for you”

  1. Joel Says:
    July 7th, 2010 at 6:25 pm

    agree, for most of the SMEs, don’t try to reinvent the wheel, as a mature software means a proven process (best practice).



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