daver

Hi All, New to the forum, but have gotten a tremendous amount of info here in the last few days. Thought I would throw my $.02 in on this subject of Open Source - I have been working with Linux and OSS for almost ten years. My company does a lot of OSS work in the IT field. The OSS concept is truly revolutionizing the software industry, but the ideas have reached far outside of the computer/IT/software industries - the concept of community driven, collaborative work based on the free and open exchange of ideas with peer review is powerfully changing the way people are approaching and solving many challenges in the world. That being said, looking to Open Source to provide the ultimate and free NVR/DVR software package might be a bit optimistic. To have a really strong OSS project takes thousands of code contributors and thousands more users willing to beat their heads against the wall finding bugs, contributing ideas and documentation, etc. From a first glance, the CCTV market seems like far too much of a niche industry to spawn this type of community. Again, just my $.02...