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

It's free 14% (29 votes)

It's not supported 13% (27 votes)

It's not secure 8% (18 votes)

It's ideological 5% (11 votes)

It's viral 4% (8 votes)

It produces better quality code 4% (9 votes)

It's developed by amateurs 13% (28 votes)

It eradicates vendor lock-in 6% (13 votes)

It's not for mission critical apps 13% (27 votes)

It's hard to make money 8% (18 votes)

It lowers costs 5% (10 votes)

Swine flu 3% (7 votes)

Susan Boyle 2% (4 votes)

Other 2% (4 votes)

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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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Bio: The random thoughts of Matthew Aslett, software analyst at The 451 Group


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