Open source vs closed
Berni Dwan · Network Security · 2004
“There's a human difference between open source and proprietary software”, says Dr. Joseph Feller, Lecturer in Business Information Systems at University College Cork, and an expert in the subject of open source software . “Gina Neff and Prof. David Stark of Columbia University advocate the idea of the ‘permanently beta’ organization - customer-driven and highly flexible. In this situation users would be encouraged to contribute in some way when they discover bugs or shortcomings. To become ‘permanently beta’, they say organizations need to build responsiveness into their products, services and organizational structures. But, socially and psychologically, users of open source tools have more of a motivation to contribute their time to the software producer than users of proprietary tools , who are ‘paying for the privilege’, says Dr. Feller.