Comments on: To use Open Source or not http://manwithnoblog.com/2008/03/20/to-use-open-source-of-not/ Gary Barber rants on user experience, information architecture and the web industry. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 14:06:49 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.5 By: Hey Raena » Open source sucks… sometimes http://manwithnoblog.com/2008/03/20/to-use-open-source-of-not/#comment-6332 Hey Raena » Open source sucks… sometimes Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:48:07 +0000 http://manwithnoblog.com/2008/03/20/to-use-open-source-of-not/#comment-6332 [...] Other discussion of this can be seen at the man with no blog’s place. [...] […] Other discussion of this can be seen at the man with no blog’s place. […]

]]> By: Kay Smoljak http://manwithnoblog.com/2008/03/20/to-use-open-source-of-not/#comment-6328 Kay Smoljak Fri, 21 Mar 2008 01:20:54 +0000 http://manwithnoblog.com/2008/03/20/to-use-open-source-of-not/#comment-6328 There are good reasons for and against. I'm a fan of NOT reinventing the wheel if it's not necessary... but sometimes the available options ARE truly awful. I guess the paradox is that it takes an experienced programmer to know when it's ok and when it's not... and the people who are responsible for choosing an open source solution are usually not experienced programmers. There are good reasons for and against. I’m a fan of NOT reinventing the wheel if it’s not necessary… but sometimes the available options ARE truly awful.

I guess the paradox is that it takes an experienced programmer to know when it’s ok and when it’s not… and the people who are responsible for choosing an open source solution are usually not experienced programmers.

]]> By: Katrina Youngman http://manwithnoblog.com/2008/03/20/to-use-open-source-of-not/#comment-6318 Katrina Youngman Thu, 20 Mar 2008 14:10:22 +0000 http://manwithnoblog.com/2008/03/20/to-use-open-source-of-not/#comment-6318 I don't really want to get involved in the debate, but for me it really depends on what the application is and if there is a suitable open source solution available. Theres no point in recoding something if someone else has already done it for you. That said though, there are still many situations where it is more efficient to code something yourself from scratch using frameworks as you mentioned. I will keep using both for now :) I don’t really want to get involved in the debate, but for me it really depends on what the application is and if there is a suitable open source solution available. Theres no point in recoding something if someone else has already done it for you. That said though, there are still many situations where it is more efficient to code something yourself from scratch using frameworks as you mentioned.

I will keep using both for now :)

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