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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:which by Tablizer · · Score: 0, Redundant

    At one point I threw up my hands and said, "Why don't we just say the corporate standard is whatever Microsoft wants to sell us?" They were not amused,

    Great way to get on the Offshoring Short List.

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