Michael Goulde Quotes (10 Quotes)

I think this is a problem for Microsoft only if the company wants it to be a problem.

Buffer overflow is one of the most common flaws that produce security vulnerabilities in software. It's not a good thing, but it isn't unique either to closed- or open-source software.

My take is the Mozilla Foundation took a look at this and its reliance on the community and saw a willingness to create a commercial model, and they saw it as the most sustainable way to move forward. It's a way to kick-start adoption of their technologies.

Open source today is expected to be 'good enough,' and, most of the time, open-source products meet that expectation or exceed it. When you're paying as much as you pay for Microsoft, by comparison, you expect a lot more than good enough.

Cost savings continue to be the driver behind adoption.

If I'm a company that is primarily using Windows servers and I haven't been a big user of Unix, for me to bring Linux into my environment would be a significant expense. I'd have to get people trained, develop policies and procedures and processes. It's building a whole new infrastructure, and if I can avoid doing that why wouldn't I If I can make use of open source applications and get all the advantages of open source and still run on Windows, why not Then I can still take advantage of all the expertise I have.

I would have expected a much more inclusive process. If they are relying on inviting companies to participate in the process, how much diversity of opinion are they likely to achieve

Picture David and Goliath, but David doesn't have a slingshot, ... This gives David the slingshot.

Clearly the problem was fixed some time ago, ... so anyone who had already installed a later version than 1.3.33 would not have a concern.

The first approach was for IBM and Sun to donate their patents to the open-source community and an independent organization, ... OIN is another approach that is complementary.