Re: OpenSource vs. Commercial

Danijel Tkalcec (RealThinClient) wrote:
Let's say there are 2 similar component sets for Delphi/BCB which do something you will need in your next application. One is Open Source, the other is Commercial, but not too expensive. Let's also say those components are not trivial and your product's success depends on those components stability, flexibility and robustness. At the moment, both component sets seem to offer the same, but there's a lot of things you would like to be added in the future.

What would you choose?
A) The Open Source project (free with source code), or
B) not-so-expensive commercial product (also with full source code)?


All other things being equal--and it sounds like that's the scenario you are painting--I generally select commercial. Often for no other reason than to get around some screwy licensing conditions.

Exceptions are things like JEDI for Delphi which I am quite comfortable depending on. But overall, I'd rather pay for commercial than get Open Source for free when everything else is similar.


Steve Troxell
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