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But Open Source Software is unsupported. Isn't it?

 

Open Source is not unsupported

It's a common misconception that open source software means it's unsupported, that if you want to have 7x24 support you have to buy commercial software. Nothing could be further from the truth.

The reality is that open source software is written by professional coders, is fully production quality and support is available. The major difference between commercial software and open source software is this:

Imminent Death of Internet Predicted. Film at 11.

The press seems to love stories of doom and gloom. And for almost as long as the Internet has been around, there have been dire predictions of some resource exhaustion, success disaster or security flaw that will destroy the internet. And who is the villain in this week's piece? DNSSEC and the signing of all the root servers.

While I love a good story as much as the next person, it seems time to actually throw a few facts on the fire.