Problems with open source?

A highly controversial article, What are the fundamental problems with open source software? Is open source dying?, appeared on Občasný O’Blog. Personally, I judge software by its quality, not the license model it has chosen. We can find examples of good open and closed software alike, and the same goes for bad software.

Open source software has exactly the same problems as closed software. Of course there are areas where open source has advantages, and others where it lags behind. If I stick to the areas singled out in the original post, the mentioned technological maturity is an example where the differences are disappearing.

Related articles

• Dagblog, 24 March 2004: Marc Andreessen — open source will grow
• Dagblog, 30 October 2003: Who does not understand open source, and why?
• Dagblog, 4 August 2003: Myths about the economics of open source II
• Dagblog, 22 July 2003: ROOT and myths about the economics of open source
• Dagblog, 5 October 2003: Open source is not about freedom