Friday, November 12, 2010

Is Open Source Software Right For You?

Is Open Source Software Right For You?

Many years ago a man named Bill started a software company. He had the bright idea to sell the a license to use his software in stead of selling the software itself. This was an very smart business idea because the computer manufacturing companies did not have only had to pay a small fee per computer sold to bill instead of a big lump sum up front. They saw this as a great deal because if sales were low they would not lose out. Little did they know how popular the software would become. Now Bill was in a position of being needed by the companies which gave him power. With great power comes great responsibility, and more often then not corruption.

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