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diff --git a/writeup/writeup.tex b/writeup/writeup.tex index 27169d4..d5c3cec 100644 --- a/writeup/writeup.tex +++ b/writeup/writeup.tex @@ -177,6 +177,27 @@ to submit code all at once, which is invaluable if your project has many develop is also commonly used in Non-free Software, to manage large development teams\cite{NONFREEvcs}. \section{Comparing Free Software to its proprietary counterparts} +As previously mentioned there are many different examples of Free Software, often made to be an +alternative to a common piece of proprietary software, each have their pro's and con's. To compare, +one can look at performance data and usability. To show a wide range of software, to compare this paper +will look at programming IDE's, web browsers, and office software, as there make up a large amount +of software, that are used by the majority of computer users. + +\subsection{Programming IDE's} +\textit{An IDE is an integrated development environment} + +The main IDE's used by developers are Free Software, but there are a few Non-free ones that are used. +To compare text editors, one can look at \textit{Vs Code} as an example of open software, with 73\% of +developers claiming to have used it at some point, and \textit{IntelliJ} , as an example of Non-free +software, with 26\% of developers claiming to have used it at some point\cite{IDEusage}. + +These tools are both commonly used personally and professionally, and are of a similar size, making them +ideal to compare. On the performance side of the argument, VS Code has Intellij beat, being faster to open +and generally more lightweight than Intellij, this has been put up to the fact that VS Code is written in +javascript, which is faster than java, which is what Intellij is written in\cite{VSCODEvsintellij}. + +On the usablity side, things are more even, both editors have features that makes them advantages. + \section{What makes Free Software so appealing to developers?} \section{What makes Free Software so appealing to privacy experts?} \section{Where else is Free Software used and why?} |