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November 10, 2005
Insurance is no free lunch
In the past few years I've noticed a transition in the way "insurance" is viewed in the public eye. At least when it comes to the typical forms of say car (protecting you from me driving) or personal (protecting you from me doing something stupid) insurance policies.
Most of the ads I now see on the TV or hear on the radio treat insurance more as something that is there for me to take "advantage of". A typical radio ad for car insurance generally goes along the lines of "it doesn't really matter if you wreck that guys car while parking - because you have our insurance policy". So, insurance is no longer something that protects the "other side" if you do something stupid, but more something that "allows you to not really think before doing something stupid".
So what does that mean for Open Source services companies that are generally seen as insurance companies for corporations wanting to use Open Source in mission critical scenarios?
Posted by Matthew at November 10, 2005 10:41 PM