What are the advantages of making Oreka voice recording software an open source project?
BK: The major reason for making Oreka an open source project on SourceForge is allowing other developers the opportunity to work on the software and develop different applications that ultimately everyone can use. We have had 31,000 downloads of our open source version. We believe that the more people that see the code and play with the software the better the software will be in the long run. We also have a GPL license which does give us protection against a company taking our software and duplicating it for commercial use. RG: Is the development cycle faster or slower than software developed in-house? BK: The development cycle is faster using the open source model because we get many more people using the software and tinkering with it than you would in house. Also because the code is open for all developers we also find out new ways and applications that if “in house” would not be developed. Thirdly the hardest part of development is hiring the right people and to do that it takes t
