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Management 'Scared' by Open Source

Posted by ScuttleMonkey on from the following-with-a-firm-push dept.

A discussion panel at EclipseCon exposed how managers are freaking out over open source. Apparently a disconnect exists between managers who set corporate open source policies and developers supposed to follow them, but who end up covering their tracks to make it seem like they are not using open source. Developers, though, end up using open source because of its ubiquity and not using it 'puts them at a competitive disadvantage because their competitors are.' And the Lawyers are in a panic.

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  1. Re:Of course they're scared by pammon · · Score: 0, Troll

    If you were in the business of selling software, would you feel comfortable using code written by folks who are philosophically opposed to the existence of your business? If you're going to blame the commercial software shills, you also have to acknowledge the impact of the open source shills.

  2. Poo by Hognoxious · · Score: 0, Troll

    Management 'Scared' by Open Source
    Each yard the penguins do advance, PHBs poo in their pants.
    At the sound of LOLs and W00ts, they piss their designer suits.
    --
    Confucius say, "Find worm in apple - bad. Find half a worm - worse."