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Well Documented Open Source Business Case?

Posted by Cliff on from the making-a-case-for-business dept.

PeteQC asks: "I'm currently working on a project and I need solid and well documented case studies about actual implementation of open source in an enterprise (failure or success). My goal is to use the grounded theory to build a scientific model on Open Source adoption. I've searched through the web, but the only good case I found was the Beaumont Hospital Case. (Which was also published in IEEE Software, January/February edition). I'd like to know if Slashdot knows of other well-documented case studies which I may use? I'm looking for a link to a web site or a reference to a specialized publication, but all assistance will be welcomed."

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  1. PostgreSQL by Bistronaut · · Score: 4, Informative

    The PostgreSQL advocacy site has some case studies about its adoption. Most of them are pretty terse, but the PDF ones are more in-depth.

  2. Largo, Florida by Kojo · · Score: 2, Informative

    I recall Newsforge doing stories on this city that made the switch. Here's the link. Newsforge and Linux.com are good places to look for this sort of thing. From a research perspective, you may be able to find stories, but you'll probably have to document them yourself.

  3. Start by drilling down through the Canadian report by leonbrooks · · Score: 2, Informative

    Pick some names from it and go hunting for more detail. OSIA has some other useful links.

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  4. The K12LTSP site... by tcopeland · · Score: 2, Informative

    ...has case studies on Linux Terminal Server Project deployments in schools.

    Not business case studies, but still might yield some useful results...

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  5. Re:ball by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    Rockin' on without Microsoft

    http://news.com.com/2008-1082_3-5065859.html?tag =l h

  6. Companies that use open source by JaF893 · · Score: 1, Informative

    Google is built on Linux, Amazon is built on linux, Yahoo is built on FreeBSD and Salesforce is built on Linux. Perhaps if you did a few searches you might be able to find some intersting articles. For example I found a page about Yahoo & FreeBSD

  7. Do libraries count ? by pphrdza · · Score: 2, Informative

    There's a Newsforge story about Howard County Public Library. They were also written up in an ALA publication.