Out of touch

I guess I've been out of touch fro the past week. So here are my contributions to the discussion. Linux is a very good model for the power of open source just as Microsoft is the model for proprietary software. Apple would also be a very good example for closed source software, but their idea of including hardware under closed source, was a major drawback. Both closed source, (hereafter referred to as CS) and open source (hereafter referred to as OS, not the OS as in Operating System) have their advantages and disadvantages. Imagine a Venn diagram with two sets. One set would be Open Source s/w and the other Closed Source/Proprietary s/w. They would naturally intersect. The discussion that we are having has been mostly in the area of intersection. Mostly the s/w that lies within these areas of intersection are operating systems, web based applications (LAMP architecture) and some general applications like text editors etc. But if you can imagine, you can see that there are lots of areas where they don't intersect at all. That is one area that worries me. Ideally the time we should be this discussion should be when the area of intersection covers most of both circles. Anyway it was a good discussion with lots of useful information backed by solid facts.