 | | | Author: | | Martin Skjöldebrand (---.telia.com) | | | Date: | | 18.08.04 | |
"The development of an open source system can be stopped at any time, because some developers do not have any time or interest in this project any more. "
Possibly - then again there are two faults with the argument.
Given that the CMS one choses is big and established enough, there would most likely allways be someone to carry on develpment. Also, commercial ventures may go broke and the code is then usually abandoned in an unmaintatined state.
"The development company of the WCMS can carry out modifications of the software at any time and implement customer projects, because extensive programming knowledge exists here. In the open source area the procurement of programming with the used skills often is a problem. "
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"Open source CMS are often not developed by professional developers and are not professionally tested."
This is typically called spreading FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) and is often seen as a Bad Thing (TM). That Open Source develpers are not professional is one of the most common and incorrect notions around. True, smaller projects usually are maintained by college (post-)grads (talking about open source software in general, not CMS here) but the large projects like Typo3 or EzPublish (and non-CMS: Sendmail, Apache) are supported by professionals. This is simply untrue.
"For open source products there is no guarantee. "
The standard EULA of commercial software doesn't give any guarantees either so this isn't an argument against OS software.
"With the support reaction times can be agreed, which imply delicate contractual penalties in case of non-observance - therefore an extensive support is guaranteed. "
Which may of course be true. Not everyone has the money to invest in costly support contracts though. Usually one may obtain support from other sources - or negotiate support contracts with 3rd party consultants.
"Open source WCMS cover with their functionality 70-80% of the functionalities, which are used most frequently. "
This of course can be argued among commercial alternatives as well, and is not limited to OS software. It all really depends on what you want to achieve.
Rgds,
Martin S |
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