Open Source #786

They just don't get it

Why comparing open source against proprietary standards is self defeating

I feel an urge to have my 2c again. I was reading an interesting article on Lloyd's blog. For my less techie readers it might be necessary to point out that Lloyd is one of the geeks at WordPress. The article was OK. But the comments were fascinating. Two strands of thought by people who are kind-of-contemplating-open-source-but-need-an-excuse-to not get- started-just-yet struck me as worthy of opposing.