The discussion we had during our class in Open Source Technology last Monday, July 4, 2011 was really interesting. We had some kind of brainstorming or sharing ideas with everybody. Through different ideas that we share to each other, we come to see the different side of every issues regarding open source. We talked about software quality over licensing issues, openoffice over Microsoft office and Windows OS over Linux etc. Though some of us have different side on every issue we tackled, we got one thing for ourselves. As my realization, I think open source is really something worth trying not just because it’s free but because they really offer high-quality software. Though I might say that most of the computer users nowadays including me use Microsoft softwares and all its licensed softwares, I think that open source is really something that could compete with Microsoft in coming years. I think there might stand a chance that we, users will be release from those intellectual property rights of licensed softwares by Microsoft. Open source is making a name for itself; it is fast rising itself to recognition or fame to the public especially to the computer enthusiasts. I said all of that because during our discussion last Monday I noticed that most of the groups that discussed in front of the class are more favorable to the idea of open source. Most of us come to pick open source and other stuff rather than the usual softwares that we use. Though free is good, I just come to think that if softwares will be open source or if most of the softwares will be free, what will happen to the programmers and developers? How will they earn more money than those developers from licensed softwares. But generally, there is still a lot to learn from open source, we just still have to explore.
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