Open Source

[alicelas]

I've been considering using open source software for at least some tasks in my business, and I was wondering if anyone else already does this (other than server hosting, of course).

Do people have any suggestions on what might be needed etc.?

[Parin]

What kind of business tasks are talking about? I dont use that many open source apps primarily beacuse my work is pretty much a microsoft house. But saying that I know many people using open office (or star office) for productivity suites, google apps for again productivity suites and email as well as linux for operating systems.

[andyf]

You can rely on few oPen source software which are capable of handling our daily office administration work such as (open office)suggested by Parin.
There are many such open source applications in the market and are getting updated regularly, thousands of developer are working on them to make them perfect and more popular.

[Conscept]

Most Open Source's are not very reliable however I would need to ask what type of business you are running in order to help you because it all varies either way. However andyf was correct about the thousands of people working on them to improve them for you.

[JenniP]

Personally I say forget about "Open Source" but rather look for software that suits your needs at a price you want to pay.

Yes some say that open source software allows you to fix your own bugs, add your own improvements, but so few people who download open source software will do that so for most companies its not a benefit.

What AndyF says above is a bit misleading, yes some very big and very popular open source applications have loads of developers writing code and doing things, most dont and even the ones that do if you actually looked at their source tree you will find most modifications are made by a fairly small number of people.

I'm not knocking the software thats out products like Firefox and Open Office are great examples of free software just dont get too hung up on the "open source" tak.

[andyf]

Hey Jenni,
You are very correct not all open source projects are upto standard i think in my last post i have mentioned that : "You can rely on few oPen source software which are capable of handling our daily office administration work such as (open office)"

Hope am not "misleading" community and don't ever want to to do that.

It all depends on what we are looking for and are we satisfied with what we got from open source.

[surfville]

Open source is good if you are on a tight budget and can't afford to get a license for a paid and registered one. But If you where to rely all your work in it, this might not be a good idea because most of the platform that are used are registered so compatibility and reliability issue might arise.

[comp1]

Hi friend

Firstly, tell me what do you mean by open source..!!!!!!!!!!

[musictomyears]

Originally Posted by alicelas

I've been considering using open source software for at least some tasks in my business, and I was wondering if anyone else already does this (other than server hosting, of course).

Do people have any suggestions on what might be needed etc.?

Did you go over to open source software? If so what did ytou choose and are you happy with it?