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Six Barriers to Open Source Adoption

Posted by michael on from the walls-come-a-tumbling-down dept.

securitas writes "ZDNet/CNet's Dan Farber describes the six barriers to enterprise open source software adoption. Briefly, the reasons are 1) Lack of formal support, 2) Speed of change (not 'velocity'), 3) Lack of roadmap, 4) Functional gaps, 5) Licensing caveats and 6) ISV endorsements. The article makes an interesting counterpoint to Marc Andreessen's 12 reasons for open source adoption."

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  1. Re:Whats wrong here? by Uber+Banker · · Score: 1, Offtopic

    Slashdot is a news aggregator, not an originator. If you want the latest OS-related news then read it on OSnews and similar sites, but if you want a broad mix of the mst important/interesting stories covering as wide (but nerd and OSource slanted) topics as OSes, outsourcing, security, games, legal rights, entertainment, general software and hardware, etc (see the topicspage!) then Slashdot is a great resource bringing them together.

    If you like, you can bring your own interest (evidently including OSes) to slashdot by submitting stories and providing insightful and informative comments.

  2. Retarded mods by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Figures, a Flamebait comment gets modded Informative just because it bashes MS and not beacuse it actually contains any real information.

  3. ....... snewz for nerds by McSnickered · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    .. yawn ... zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz

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    They call me the working man. I guess that's what I am.
  4. Missing fact by fm6 · · Score: 0, Offtopic

    Where can I find Open Source children available for adoption?