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Think Tank Report On the State of Open Source
AlexGr writes to recommend an account of a meeting a couple of months back of representatives from more than 100 software companies discussing the state of open source software. The outcome is outlined in a 16-page report, 2007 Open Source Think Tank: The Future of Commercial Open Source (PDF). Among the surprising conclusions: participants noted a growing similarity in methods between open source and proprietary software development. They predicted some kind of convergence, where the best of both approaches gets adopted in each camp.
The document also says this -
,pansies. Linux kernel is an example which is designed better than any of your closed source binary blobs called as Vista and what not.
Universities are increasingly graduating developers that are familiar with open source technologies and
development methodologies. However a concern was expressed that due to the popularity of open
source development at universities, graduates may be lacking key skills such as sound architecture,
defining customer needs and product management.
What the...?Business and tactical way of saying open source development methodologies are inferior to closed source ones.Balls to you
Being an year old University grad myself, i think they need to study in universities once again or better reconsider this insipid argument.
-- "Genius is 1% inspiration and 99% perspiration" - TAE --
That's a FAQ, not a legal document. Actual, real-life lawyers within corporations nix GPL software. I'm afraid a good ol' OS "we know what we're doing" doesn't hold much weight with them.
My statement was intended as an example applicable to some organizations, not as a generalization.
Don't let that stop you from evaluating yourself so highly, though. This is slashdot.