Fair comment.
I *do* have experience of rapid application development. usually its been
rapid because the product is only half finished. Taking 3 'final' releases
on the same day from a software house springs to mind. I *don't* have much
open source experience except in the desktop arena, so I should probably
retract the comment about support costs and service.
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Niall Litchfield
Oracle DBA
Audit Commission UK
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"Galen Boyer" <galenboyer_at_hotpop.com> wrote in message
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> On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, n-litchfield_at_audit-commission.gov.uk wrote:
>
> > As a rule of thumb (cos I'm conservative) I am very suspicious of
> > rapid development, I'm also *somewhat* suspicious of open source, In
> > general you get what you pay for. In the case of Open Source that
> > points at hidden costs (like support expertise etc).
>
> Have you used any of these products and had to ask for help? Its been
> my experience that the open source/free community is as responsive as I
> could ever hope for.
>
> We had threads on Oracle myths. This seems to be an Open source myth
> that should just die a quick death.
> --
> Galen deForest Boyer
> Sweet dreams and flying machines in pieces on the ground.
Received on Wed Jun 19 2002 - 03:22:42 CDT
