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Corcaigh
February-1st-2011, 08:18 AM
When buying financial software for your business, would you care that it was made in the USA versus products which are developed overseas?

chipwhich
February-1st-2011, 08:20 AM
L.A.M.P.

Open Source

That's where the world is heading for now, so no.

Corcaigh
February-1st-2011, 08:30 AM
L.A.M.P.

Open Source

That's where the world is heading for now, so no.

Two thoughts, while different layers of the stack may be free of licensing costs, I think there will always be opportunities for value-added commercial software. Quickbooks isn't going away anytime soon.

And from a security perspective, what about vulnerabilities and particularly malicious code. Open Source has more oversight than a proprietary development shop in, say Indonesia.