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Open Source
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Some of the questions that we want to look at and include in our project depending on the depth and the resources available on these subjects are:
As a new company, which path a company should choose?
Lin Huang
I am interested in join the group. Let me know. I have sent mail to you.
I would study the pros and cons of both, and a case study of using different license model (open source vs using MS platform) and help a new company to choose a business model.
Are we becoming dependant on it?
Many projects are using these open source projects as tools within their project either to help prototype a system quickly, part of their build process, or a tool to be used within their system.
Is it helping to drive technology advances?
The startup costs for programming projects, startups, mainstream projects are reduced because of these open source projects. Allowing researchers, students, home hobbiest, etc. to develop projects and programs that are powerful and useful without redesigning the wheel.
Who pays for this technology?
Eclipse a popular Java IDE which is open source was originally driven and developed by IBM. Their goal was to eventually stop driving the development of the product allowing the open source community to continue development. Has eclipse and other project reached this critical mass? Are these really being funded and maintained by people? or is it really being driven by Companies?
