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Commentary: An open-source plan (News.com)
Should you know any CIO types looking for guidance on how to use free software, News.com has run a column from Forrester Research to help them out.
"Arm your open-source advisory group with the funnel and decision
tools. Fund a multidisciplinary team comprised of developers, managers,
lawyers and procurement specialists to evaluate the risks of an open-source
component and community. Quantitative assessment tools can help companies
make informed decisions about the health of the community and the quality of
the commercial support."
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Commentary: An open-source plan (News.com) Posted Apr 15, 2004 21:39 UTC (Thu) by dwheeler (subscriber, #1216) [Link] For another relevant paper on how to consider open source software / Free Software, see How to Evaluate OSS/FS Programs.
Commentary: An open-source plan (News.com) Posted Apr 19, 2004 23:48 UTC (Mon) by XERC (guest, #14626) [Link] To that sort of CIO's, who really take the News.com article seriously, may I remind You, what your position stands for: CIO==Career Is Over. Well, provided that everyting goes well and technically innovative technologies win of course.
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