One of the myths is obviously wrong in it’s strong form, but has a much weaker version that’s still very applicable:
Open source means all bugs are get [sic] fixed and all features get implemented
Yes, not all bugs get fixed, not all features get implemented. This is true of all software. Anyone trying to sell you this is way over-excited, a liar, or both.
However, the weaker version:
Open source means my bugs get fixed and my features get implemented
is most of what I need out of software, and radically better than my experiences with large proprietary-software companies. Why is this the case? Because if something is bugging me, I can hire someone to fix or add it. In the closed source world, the only people I could conceivably hire to do this (outside any extension support, which seems more common in OSS anyway) are the people at the original company, and it’s far more likely that anyone will be interested in doing it for a price I’m willing to pay than that those particular people will. (Being a coder myself, of course, the person I most often hire for this task is me—saving me the costs of coordination, taxes, and whatnot—but the principle is the same.)
One of the myths is obviously wrong in it’s strong form, but has a much weaker version that’s still very applicable:
Yes, not all bugs get fixed, not all features get implemented. This is true of all software. Anyone trying to sell you this is way over-excited, a liar, or both.
However, the weaker version:
is most of what I need out of software, and radically better than my experiences with large proprietary-software companies. Why is this the case? Because if something is bugging me, I can hire someone to fix or add it. In the closed source world, the only people I could conceivably hire to do this (outside any extension support, which seems more common in OSS anyway) are the people at the original company, and it’s far more likely that anyone will be interested in doing it for a price I’m willing to pay than that those particular people will. (Being a coder myself, of course, the person I most often hire for this task is me—saving me the costs of coordination, taxes, and whatnot—but the principle is the same.)