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Buford Ressup <buford@xxxxxxxxxxxx> espoused:
> On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 14:51:35 -0500, Erik Funkenbusch wrote:
>
>> On Sat, 23 Sep 2006 13:11:06 +0100, Roy Schestowitz wrote:
>>
>>> Editor's Note: A Matter of Trust
>>>
>>> ,----[ Quote ]
>>>| If someone betrays your trust, it can be a very hard road to travel to
>>>| earn that trust back.
>>>|
>>>| [...]
>>>|
>>>| It could be possible to build a trusting relationship with Microsoft,
>>>| someday. Just so long as we all remember that trust is a two-way
>>>| street, and in this case, this will be a very long street to build.
>>> `----
>>>
>>> http://www.linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2006-09-22-022-26-OP-MS-LL
>>
>> What a stupid question. You can't trust *ANY* corporation, other than to
>> do what's in it's (and it's shareholders) best interest. In fact, it's
>> legally bound to do so. That includes non-profits too.
>
> What a stupid response. No corporation is legally bound to break the law
> or otherwise use underhanded tactics that harm consumers in order to
> please its shareholders.
>
Understanding trust is vital in relationships, and this is where the
open world differs fundamentally from the proprietary one, and further,
from the astroturfer's response above, you can see how much they fear
this.
In modern procurement, integration of components from multiple vendors
using Open Source Software, with independent hardware support is the
preferred approach. Why? Because it creates an environment where
levels of trust can be established between all involved parties. In a
well-designed integrated solution, each party can be replaced with an
alternative with /minimum/ exit cost; this means that the concept of
vendor lock-in has been removed, thus trust is established.
The people who say trust cannot be are the same people who use vendor
lock-in as a trading approach. When vendor lock-in is the basis of your
supplier's business model, our troll is quite correct, you /cannot/
trust your vendor. When the model is open, when lock-in is no longer
the modus operandum, then trust is not only possible, but is highly
desirable from the /vendor/ viewpoint, as they can be changed out should
that trust be damaged for some reason.
Open source software on standard cots hardware puts the customer back
into the driving seat, but also creates opportunities for real
competition based on quality, performance, price and other standard
metrics; the exit-barrier has been removed. Use linux to build trust.
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