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The New York Times/CNET News: Rating System to Evaluate Open-Source Software
Aug 1, 2005, 13 :45 UTC (7 Talkback[s]) (6243 reads)

(Other stories by Steve Lohr)

"A few freely distributed programs, like the Linux operating system and the Apache Web server, have become well known, but most are still unproved.

"So companies often have to do their own testing and tweaking to see if such open-source programs--free software available for programmers to modify or enhance--work reliably. That obstacle has slowed the software's advance..."

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As if any company with more than two bra ...   What a load of FUD!   
Bob Robertson
Aug 1, 2005, 14:01:21
 
It seems it will get very stupid from no ...   FUD Public Message !   
GH
Aug 1, 2005, 14:25:21
 
All the templaces on http://www.openbrr. ...   Stupid site   
David F. Skoll
Aug 1, 2005, 14:59:28
 
Maybe ZDNet is trying a double whammy?Sm ...   Double Whammy?   
GreyGeek
Aug 1, 2005, 15:21:03
 
What would really great is if there were ...   There's Much More Trouble w/Closed Source   
lord vader
Aug 1, 2005, 18:10:25
 
All of a sudden we need an evaluation pa ...   All of a sudden we need evaluation   
Joe User
Aug 1, 2005, 18:55:04
 
Looking forward to Brandioc's rippin ...   Re: What a load of FUD!   
Carlos Cesar
Aug 1, 2005, 21:14:28
 
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