[dba-Tech] The dangers of OSS

Does the growth of OSS mean the demise of proprietaries software?

IMHO, no at all, just like libraries did not spell the end to book reading...but OTOH, online books have taken a huge slice out of the traditional publisher and book seller chain. 

Proprietary software will continue to be the main preserve of the average user and the of the techs that support them and there has been no significant drop in non OSS software sales...maybe just in Win8 but that is another subject and for a different reason. ;-)

http://readwrite.com/2013/10/02/does-open-source-rise-spell-the-end-of-traditional-software-vendors#awesm=~ojkKlwqJse8LK1

Jim