open source statistics

fender1212 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 165

alright, well i'm doing this debate for school, anyway, i'm using open source vs. closed source in it, basically, i need pages that show statistics, and hard facts that open source is better than closed source. any help is very appreciated

codergeek42 · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:45 am Post subject:

Perhaps you may want to skim/read The Cathedral and the Bazaar, by Eric S. Raymond. It dicusses the advantages of the open development model, where source code can have many thousands of people worldwide looking at it, fixing it, and improving it, over the Proprietary software model, where only a select few every look at the code and know what it does and how to maintain it or fix it.
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fender1212 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 165

naw, i know all the arguements, i just need hard facts and statistics to back me up

Sven Vermeulen · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 4:42 am Post subject:

With statistics you can prove everything. Be sure that your opponent will very likely have similar statistics proving him right.

Anyway, don't forget to read up on Get the Facts (Microsoft). It's not only mandatory to know everything about your subject, you also need to know (and counterproof) the opponent's arguments.

fender1212 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 165

yes i've read get the facts, i know all the arguements., i just need statistics for my side

placeholder · Advocate Joined: 07 Feb 2004 Posts: 2500

Statistics: I am 50% more awesome than virtually all people without having to use Linux or anything like of that nature.

Oh yeah... for open source software. Well, I really do not see what statistics you are looking for. Could you elaborate?

fender1212 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 165

statistics that show that open-source technologies advance at a faster rate than closed source technologies

WhyteWolf · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:11 am Post subject:

theres lies, damn lies, and Statistics

what exatly are you looking for in your homewor^H^H^H^H^H^H research
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codergeek42 · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 5:46 am Post subject:

http://www.sourceforge.net/

Gaim, phpBB, ipw2{1,2}00, etc, ALSA, VNC, Putty, etc. Stuff that's used by millions of people worldwide because it's faster, more reliable, and more capable. All open-source (as defined by the OSI).
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Suicidal · l33t Joined: 30 Jul 2003 Posts: 959 Location: /dev/null

How about netcraft, and the city of munich?

ewan.paton · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:19 am Post subject:

why not use one of thouse pages that show *bsd and linux uptime in years, in the server game every second down is lots of money and lossing money is bad so linux is better than windows

failing that you could just print off a few hundred pages of unfixed windows bugs and talk about root/user seperation and how because linux has no comercial preasures as such it could impliment this
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scooterphish · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 7:43 am Post subject:

90% of all statistics are made up on the spot.
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Ari Rahikkala · Guru Joined: 02 Oct 2002 Posts: 370 Location: Finland

http://www.dwheeler.com/oss_fs_why.html
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BlackEdder · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 8:47 am Post subject:

codergeek42 · Posted: Fri Oct 15, 2004 3:35 pm Post subject:

If it helps: http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/schools.html
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fender1212 · Apprentice Joined: 20 Sep 2004 Posts: 165

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nightm4re · Posted: Sat Oct 16, 2004 11:49 am Post subject:

a big statistic could be the dominating market share of apache compared to its competitors like IIS and such...
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