I buy off the shelf solutions versus open sourcebecause 9 times out of 10 open source solutions have clunky user interfaces, that require an extened amount of learning to use. An off the shelf solution provides me with the ablility to imediatly get things rolling as well simple easy to use interfaces.

Not trying to get too off topic here, but it's the number 1 reason I use quicktime pro versus EVERY other freeware video encoders on the market.

Oh, and lastly remeber that we are all blackberry useres. We EXPECT our equipment to work out of the box with little or no set-up... Many of us left Windows Mobile, or Palm OS because we didn't want the complications they entail.

[making it personal] That and the whole open source scene is full of "me-too" programmers who make their own little peices of poo poo software. Where as an orginized company can get programmers to colaborativly work on a project and make a single polished program. Thats why open source sucks. There's too many scrappy hard to use programs. And sure, if we all got into open source, then the world would be a better place yada yada yada... Except one thing. I'm willing to lay down my money, in truckloads to buy software that comes with support, simple instructions, and a smooth interface. Something no open source can do to date.[/making it personal]