July 30, 2004
CIC Teaching and Learning Mentors
Institute
The Assertions
lWhat is the motivation for creating OSS?
lProblem solving
lAltruism
lEgo
lVersus economic motivation for proprietary software
lCommunity source developers are in close contact with users
lSome proprietary developers listen to their users as well
lSome applications aren't compatible with open source
True –
we need more open standards
lProprietary software has more features
lProprietary software has better user interfaces, documentation