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Informal poll: what are the biggest myths about open source software?



It's free

It's not supported

It's not secure

It's ideological

It's viral

It produces better quality code

It's developed by amateurs

It eradicates vendor lock-in

It's not for mission critical apps

It's hard to make money

It lowers costs

Swine flu

Susan Boyle

Other:

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2009-04-28 13:50:45 ET

If you answer "other" please explain with a comment.

2009-05-14 15:50:25 ET

"It's not secure" comes up quite a lot at the office. I've been trying to get the company to move to (and develop inside) an open source CMS. Frustratingly, this argument comes up - and it's quite a difficult objection to overcome.


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