2 professors from Harvard Business School have made a study of Open Source Software versus the traditional software structure and have found that open source will never take the lead in the software market, primarily due to the fact that software like MS Windows is so well established and also that companies like MS can afford to create pricing structures that are attractive to big companies.

What a shame since OSS has the right spirit driving it - not money but that of making quality software available for all, something MS has yet to learn what with all the bugs that every version of it’s software ships with.

More on this report here… 

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