Have you ever realized how much development occurred because of commercial
software companies? Development of software industry, internet market, game
industry, virtual worlds, movies all these things are because of commercial
software industry, not because of open source. Is open source going to be
the future of the computer industry? I don't think so; even if it does it
wouldn't be a bright future.I believe that there should be a balance between
Open Source and Commercial Softwares. I personally believe in a future where
people can buy softwares close to the price of books.
There are some people who talk highly about open source; most of them hate
commercial software and the wealth they have massed from it. They consider
themselves as Gods and they all want to crush the evil Microsoft. Anyone who
utters a word against OSS is regarded as supporter of evil; most of them don't
even have the courage of saying "Vista is Superb". But they all have windows
installed in their machines. Ask them why open source? They would say, it's
the fastest, safest & strongest, which is totally wrong.
Most academics don't want to talk in favor of Microsoft or commercial
software's, specially in front of open source guys, unless you can stand
that sneering look which say "Oh, a guy with limited computer knowledge".
This could be true because honestly speaking Open Source mostly suites
experts, and that's the ****ing problem. Computing wouldn't be this easy
without companies like Microsoft, which managed to invest huge sums in
hiring innovative people like Sabeer Bhatia who invented hotmail.
But In my point of view open source could cripple software industry and its
development in many ways. When you look at the humanitarian perspective open
source software could be seen as a very good thing, most of the people in
third world countries doesn't have money to buy Widows Vista for 399$. Is
this the answer? Give it free and **** Microsoft! One thing open source
world doesn't realize is that windows actually works, just double click on a
program to install click next, next , agree, finish, that's all, no need to
worry about it afterwards. No need to spend 10 hours reading documentations
before installing something.
Those who criticize windows have one strong argument in common, security
flaws and virus threats. Do you ever think that a virus writer or hacker
will get what he wanted from writing program for Linux? He wants to see his
virus on the news, to cause lot of damage, for people to talk about it. To
achieve this he has to write a virus for an operating system which is widely
used, which is windows.
Most open source software's collapse at the end simply because they don't
have enough money or resources to plan themselves for the future. The best
way to sustain the development of the industry is to reduce the price of
commercial software, not to give it free. The best example is Google. They
have developed a way to offer lots of free services while earning
considerable amount of money for future researches and developments. Free
means, no money, lack of resources, no innovation and no progress.
Let's say that Ubuntu became so famous that nobody wants to buy windows
anymore, what will happen to the future of the computer industry? We will be
stuck with a technology which has a development speed of a snail. Microsoft
spent many years and millions of dollars, 1000's of software engineers to
jump from Windows XP to windows Vista. In my point of view Vista is an
Excellent Operating System. How long it would take open source community
develop something like that?
Let's look at fundamental issues of Open Source software
<!--[if !supportLists]-->1. <!--[endif]-->Bad User Interface Design- If you
have ever used Linux you'll experience the troubles that you might go
through unless you have some good knowledge in computers. The problems with
open source programming I s that they only think about programming but not
about user friendliness or the interface. Ubuntu tries to copy windows XP,
but still need lots of improvements in other areas.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->2. <!--[endif]-->Bad Documentation-Most of the time
the documentation is written in a way that only experts can understand. When
you use open source software, if you encounter even a simple problem, you
may have to read through 100 of documents and user forum until you find a
solution. I installed Ubuntu once and internet was not working, it took me
one week to find the solution, many would have already given up.
<!--[if !supportLists]-->3. <!--[endif]-->Give us what they want- This is
the main disadvantage of open source software projects. Can we play video
games in Linux or Ubuntu? Ask this question from an Open Source guy, he will
immediately answer "We don't play games".
<!--[if !supportLists]-->4. <!--[endif]-->Slow development rate- Since so
many developers may join and leave the project, it may take a lot of time
for a new guy to join the ongoing project and contribute efficiently. This
may have a huge impact on the future of the project. There are millions of
lines of coding; it could break down on its own weight. ( Check the speed of
windows XP vs Red Hat Linux)
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