Kim Polese: Next stop--open source (ZDNet)

Kim Polese: Next stop--open source (ZDNet)

Posted Nov 5, 2004 17:48 UTC (Fri) by emkey (guest, #144)
In reply to: Kim Polese: Next stop--open source (ZDNet) by robla
Parent article: Kim Polese: Next stop--open source (ZDNet)

I can see where you're coming from. In theory larger companies would end up with groups of half a dozen to a dozen developers working on various projects. Sure, there would be turnover as some people would want more opportunity then such a setup would present but this isn't that much different from traditional software development projects.

Small the mid sized companies might be better served by buying support from outside companies. Ideally there would be more then one support company per product so that that there would be a bit of choice and competition.

The key is to try to figure out if the OpenSource model can be made to fit better into the traditional way of doing business. I think it can. In fact I think there are some very compelling arguments why it is a much better model then what is common today.

I'd liken it to the transition from mainframes to minis in some ways...

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