Comments on: Switching from proprietary to open source software

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envs - StartTags.com — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:01:56 +0000

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By: perryv

perryv — Mon, 27 Mar 2006 07:07:29 +0000

I’ve been a Linux user and programmer for more than three years now.

Although gumaganda na ang graphical interfaces ng Linux (e.g., KDE and GNOME), I’m afraid na hindi pa rin puwedeng tapatan ng Linux ang Windows when it comes to gaming software. So if your business is computer rentals + network games, then switching to Linux would be very hard. Karamihan kasi ng mga popular games ay nagra-run lang sa Windows. I’m not sure kung puwede sa Linux ang mga online games like Ragnarok and Freestyle. But on the other hand, may Linux version ang Starcraft…

By: Jaypee

Jaypee — Wed, 28 Sep 2005 07:14:14 +0000

i just recently sent my order for the free Ubuntu CD’s..can’t wait to get my hands on them and try it out.

By: Richard

Richard — Sun, 25 Sep 2005 01:29:34 +0000

ahh yes, Ubuntu really rocks!

By: hedx

hedx — Sat, 24 Sep 2005 15:20:34 +0000

ubuntu! na try ko yung free shipping ng cd & totoo nga 30cds yung dumating sa kin.. & 4 pa lang na share ko:) sino may gusto?:)

By: Krakista

Krakista — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 10:35:40 +0000

ERRATUM: It’s PhP 145K and not PhP 145, and not merely to start from scratch but to start building the enterprise software from scratch.

By: Krakista

Krakista — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 10:31:02 +0000

Guess what? I’ve quoted PhP 75K to a client to add a custom invoicing module to an open source enterprise software. Competition quoted PhP 145 to start from scratch. My unique selling point is they get the source code and access to a community of developers just in case I can no longer provide support. Assuming competition gives away their source code to client, will they be able to pass on support to someone else?

By: Richard

Richard — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 08:11:38 +0000

Clair, when I mentioned GNOME/KDE, I would have meant Linux. No doubt, Linux will have a good future. But, when, would be a different matter.

GNOME is good enough for me. I am looking forward to using GNOME 2.12. You’re right, people won’t use GAIM probably because they don’t know how to use it. This is exactly the same reason why people would shun Linux or any free software.

But in my opinion, Linux (with GNOME or KDE) will not be propelled to acceptance, at least in the desktop arena, if it tries to mimic Windows XP look and feel. (Hence, my hatred for Xandros or Linspire). Like OS X, Linux should have its own unique punch and identity that will entice people to cross over. For me, I already found it with GNOME.

By: Clair

Clair — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 07:17:08 +0000

Bit: I have been reading “Being Digital” this morning and yes, it also talked about user interfaces. It’s good to hear that GIMP has recently gotten some help from some interface experts. I have started using OSS apps that have a pretty ok interface already but I agree that there are still improvements to be made. I mean, currently I find GNOME as a DE as having a pretty good UI. But yeah, there are apps whose UIs definitely need working on. In any case, some have pretty usable UIs already, methinks. But as some people have pointed out already old habits die hard indeed. So some still look for the kind of UI that they have been used to.

By: bit

bit — Thu, 08 Sep 2005 05:51:18 +0000

OSS will likely never have a chance against closed-source alternatives if they never invest some of the resources on usability and human computer interaction research or their products.

GIMP recently got help from some interface experts. I don’t remember the particular organization they went to but I remember that it was an outfit that was out to fix the problem of usability in OSS. Hopefully, more OSS devels follow GIMP’s lead.