Re: Why Aren't Open Source Tools Being Considered?, Part 2

[John Posada <jposada01 -at- yahoo -dot- com>]

> I have to fight the urge to jump in with responses, but it's

I'm interested in them.

> Here's a follow-up question: To what extent are list members
> familiar with the philosophies behind open source and free
> software? And how do people regard those philosophies?

>From the perspective of using the best software with the shortest ROI
for a specific purpose...I don't care about philosophy. Will X
philosophy make me want to use it more and Y philosophy make me want
to use it less? I'm more interested in the speed that I can get my
documentation written and how good it is. 

John Posada
Senior Technical Writer

"What do we want? More than 
anybody else has."
             Steve Ballmer

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