[AccessD] Clearing the decks for MySQL

Stuart McLachlan stuart at lexacorp.com.pg
Thu Nov 24 22:04:33 CST 2011


Just  a few of the sourceforge projects I use quite regularly:
 VLC Player, Gimp, Ghostscript, VirtualDub, Inkscape, Audacity, PDFCreator, TightVNC, 
AngryIPScanner

-- 
Stuart

On 24 Nov 2011 at 22:48, jwcolby wrote:

> I hear you.  OTOH there are success stories including Linux itself.
> 
> John W. Colby
> Colby Consulting
> 
> Reality is what refuses to go away
> when you do not believe in it
> 
> On 11/24/2011 8:38 PM, Mark Simms wrote:
> > My comment is regarding the whole "open source" initiative.
> > This is somewhat targeted to MARIADB.
> >
> > Browse sourceforge.net sometime.
> > When I searched using "Excel" as a keyword....this came up in the first
> > page:
> > http://sourceforge.net/projects/ta-lib/
> > 4 YEARS OLD. "The age is the key here". FOUR YEARS ?!!
> >
> > There are so many "open source" initiatives that have died in the past 10
> > years,
> > than American programmers that have been effectively outsourced.
> >
> > Sourceforge truly depicts the risk of being in the software business.
> > At least in the USA.
> > Otherwise, you'll get hardy laughs from executives at WiPro, HCL, Cognizant
> > Technologies, etc.
> >
> > Don't get me wrong: go with MARIADB.....
> > Just beware of the risks of your "investment" in time and other resources.
> >
> > My explorations on sourceforge have been a true "WAKE UP" call.
> >
> >
> >
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