Informal poll: what are the biggest myths about open source software?

It's free 13% (29 votes)
It's not supported 13% (27 votes)
It's not secure 9% (19 votes)
It's ideological 5% (11 votes)
It's viral 4% (8 votes)
It produces better quality code 4% (9 votes)
It's developed by amateurs 13% (29 votes)
It eradicates vendor lock-in 6% (13 votes)
It's not for mission critical apps 13% (28 votes)
It's hard to make money 8% (18 votes)
It lowers costs 5% (10 votes)
Swine flu 3% (7 votes)
Susan Boyle 2% (4 votes)
Other 2% 4 votes

Total Votes: 216

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3 Comments

Tom Nash - 16 years ago

Without question its Susan Boyle! No?
Crunch - 17 years ago

"It's not secure" comes up quite a lot at the office. I've been trying to get the company to move to (and develop inside) an open source CMS. Frustratingly, this argument comes up - and it's quite a difficult objection to overcome.
Matt Aslett - 17 years ago

If you answer "other" please explain with a comment.

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