From the looks of it, this book wasn't written for open-source gurus like the people who frequent/. It was written for managers, the pointy-haired types who sign our paychecks. Before a manager who's been working with Redmond products for years will consent to handling open-source projects, he'd darned well better know what open source is and isn't. From the chapter headings, most of the book is dedicated to explaining open source (an Open Source for Dummies, if you will), and noting the benefits and drawbacks, and how to work with both. Approached from this angle, that $30 is an investment in your future if you buy the book and hand it to the boss.
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As long as they don't euthanize the failures by defenestrating them...they could be accused of making an obscene clone fall. :-)
(Sorry, it was *begging* to be said...)
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From the looks of it, this book wasn't written for open-source gurus like the people who frequent /. It was written for managers, the pointy-haired types who sign our paychecks. Before a manager who's been working with Redmond products for years will consent to handling open-source projects, he'd darned well better know what open source is and isn't. From the chapter headings, most of the book is dedicated to explaining open source (an Open Source for Dummies, if you will), and noting the benefits and drawbacks, and how to work with both. Approached from this angle, that $30 is an investment in your future if you buy the book and hand it to the boss.