Evaluating Open Source

CowboyRobot writes "Jordan Hubbard cofounded FreeBSD and now oversees the Darwin implementation of BSD for Apple. He describes open source as 'finally being openly acknowledged as a commercial engineering force-multiplier and important option for avoiding significant software development costs.' And thus, companies need to know how to evaluate open source engineering as an option for them. In a new article titled Open Source to the Core, Hubbard goes through a typical open source adoption process."

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HowStuffWorks: Open Source

[Anonymous Coward]

HowStuffWorks.com (excellent resource) has a number of articles on how Linux works, how Open Source works, how CVS works, and many others that might interest the /. community.

Of particular interest:

But the interesting thing about Open Source is not it's freedom in the sense of money, but in the sense of freedom to use the application or code as you wish. This allows programmers to quickly create applications that suit their needs.

Bravo, HSW, for making Open Source more mainstream!

Jordan was involved ...

[ngiordano]

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