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Another reason why Free/Open Source software is better ...

Submitted by Khalid on Wed, 2009/11/18 - 13:58

The web comic XKCD often has good insight into technology in a humorous and fun way. It often predicts what is going to happen too in the technology, the web, social media and other fields, sometimes unintentionally.

This time, in issue 644 it provides an argument for why open source is better: other people learn from and build upon what is already out there.

Closed source software is not conducive to this by its very nature ...

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