The real value of FOSS to business – A personal example

“I contacted my provider to report the bug but unfortunately
they could do nothing about it. Not soon enough at least. So it was
up to me to fix the problem. Luckily the particular library is very
well written so I was able to modify it in order to handle the
malformed package.

“But what would happen if I did not have access to the source
code? I would be stuck. Clearly the problem was not with the
library and the vendor would have refused to make any changes as
the library did not have any problems. Even if the vendor agreed to
make the changes it would have been at a very high price. My
provider would not fix the problem for years to come and changing
my provider is not an option.”

Complete
Story