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Originally Posted by Dragon Curve
Firstly - how are your features oh so much better? Because honestly I don't see anything so incredible. It's a well put together system, but it's not rocket science.
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I agree, it is not rocket science. Still funny that somehow our cascade system is more advanced, our programs system is more advanced, our resellers system is more advanced, our stats system is more advanced, than anything I have seen out there. Configurability is the key here.
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Originally Posted by Dragon Curve
The fact is, you're talking about me as an "open-source lover" as if there's something horribly wrong about that. And you're arguing that open-source software has FAR more bugs (you actually said that). And yet, you're running that. So why didn't you develop in Windows, with ASP.Net and SQL Server?
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Because almost noone on this friggin planet uses IIS or windows servers in general. If 99% of the web would run on IIS, would you only code for Apache? No of course you would not.
I am not saying I love windows, I hate the bugs it has, I hate how unstable it once was (it isn't anymore in my oppinion). It really is bad sometimes.
WHERE have I said open-source apps have MORE bugs than closed-source ones? If I did say that, I appologize, I did not mean it that way. I can not find me saying that in this thread though.
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Originally Posted by Dragon Curve
Oh, and when was the last time you wrote an Apache module? I'm sorry, never? I've written quite a number of them and trust me, the source is essential. No book could replace being able to actually see how things are working. Talk from experience, not your time at the local bookstore.
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LOL. You crack me up man. You do not even know who I am dude. Why are you judging me like this? Who are you to know if I ever wrote an apache module or not?!
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Originally Posted by Dragon Curve
No, you didn't say that. You said that open-source software has a lot more security flaws. Which is false.
What is also false, is that Apache, MySQL, sendmail, etc. is part of a Unix system. No, it's not. Apache, MySQL, sendmail and the like are applications that run most often on Unix systems. Apache and MySQL both have Win32 ports.
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I actually did not say that either. I said that open-source software has a lot of security flaws. NOT a lot MORE security flaws.
Of course Apache and so not part of the unix system itself. But _YOU_ put IIS in the same line as windows yourself. So do not do that either.
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Originally Posted by Dragon Curve
Now, compare Apache to IIS over the last three years and honestly tell me Apache has had more flaws. Do the same with any two open-source vs. closed-source applications.
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Yet again, I have not said closed-source apps are more secure! I said open-source apps are FAR FROM FLAWLESS. _READ_ what I write damnit.
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Originally Posted by Dragon Curve
I only say you have no clue, because you simply don't. Go visit bugtraq, read it for a few months. There are security companies who just constantly audit the open-source code. So let's think logically. The open-source code is getting audited by numerous, separate people ALL the time. The closed-source code is audited by the developers and that's it.
Logically, what is going to have more bugs? Seriously, you'd have to be extremely naive to think open-source is going to be buggier. That is one of the many advantages of open-source software.
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Again, I have not said closed-source has less bugs than open-source. READ damnit. READ.
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Originally Posted by Dragon Curve
The Zend suite of software is an attempt to push PHP commercial. The Zend engine in PHP is completely open-source and if the encoder was half decent, there would be no problem pushing it open-source.
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You do not want to get it right? Its about interlectual property. The second you push something open-source people can easily copy what you do. Why in gods name would anyone want to do that if they sell the app for a lot of money?!?!
There might be people that think its intelligent. I am not one of them.