| Software developers and programmers are bound | | | | |
| by convention and capitalism. Some of the | | | | Opinions from Both Sides |
| software that they design isn't free, so the | | | | |
| patches and fixes that they provide are | | | | Open-source programming advocates argue for |
| distributed in small executables that can't | | | | free software that can be democratically |
| be read by likeminded technophiles. This is | | | | developed, with the costs of development and |
| unfortunate for a number of reasons. Firstly, | | | | any profits that accrue shared among the |
| the fact that the clever authors of these | | | | designers. This would enable computer repair |
| programs hide their source code from the | | | | to come from any software engineer who knows |
| public means that independent developers are | | | | his apples from his oranges. Computer |
| prevented from providing ad hoc patches of | | | | consulting, and more specifically software |
| their own. An independent software designer | | | | consulting, would be available from any |
| (and there are many out there) may have a | | | | qualified programmer, rather than those |
| glaringly obvious solution to a problem that | | | | computer repair specialists employed |
| the proprietors of the software have spent | | | | exclusively by the software provider. The |
| weeks scratching their heads over. | | | | knowledge required to provide computer |
| | | | support and computer repair would no longer |
| Patches of this kind can either modify or | | | | be quite so esoteric. Anyone with the right |
| replace the offending binary files and | | | | qualifications could provide computer support |
| efficiently complete the computer repair. But | | | | of this nature. |
| because the patches are exclusive to the | | | | |
| software company that owns the software, the | | | | Some advocates of open-source development |
| computer repair may come weeks or even months | | | | tend to view big corporations and their |
| too late. If the process of creating and | | | | closed source programming as the epitome of |
| selling the software was more democratic, | | | | nasty exploitation, greed, money-grabbing |
| enabling other designers from outside the | | | | capitalism, and, in general, pure evil. The |
| software company to work on computer repair, | | | | fans of closed-source proprietary software, |
| fixes could come quicker. | | | | meanwhile, regard the open-source community |
| | | | as a group of organic-yogurt-eating soy |
| Sad Reflection | | | | enthusiasts who are afraid to make money and |
| | | | fail to realize that there are people even |
| It's an indictment on society that a software | | | | worse than Microsoft who would be more than |
| developer's code has to be hidden in this | | | | happy to bring down the whole Internet and |
| way. But open-source code could be more | | | | every computer connected to it. So you can |
| easily stolen and manipulated and re-marketed | | | | see that both communities have some pretty |
| as a brand new product by an exploitative | | | | good arguments! |
| designer. Bugs and glitches could be | | | | |
| exploited too by nasty programmers hell-bent | | | | TechSpoon is a computer repair services |
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| the security flaws in a piece of open source | | | | a personal and reliable manner at a fraction |
| software and a patch may come too late from a | | | | of industry costs. They also assist consumers |
| designer with more altruistic motives. You | | | | at home with Convenient in home computer |
| could end up with a Trojan, a worm, a virus, | | | | repair service for their personal computers |
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| open-source nor a proprietary patch can fix. | | | | Repair Services, Computer Consulting, |
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