On Tue, 15 Feb 2000, Kenneth E. Lussier wrote:
> I had an interesting conversation with a PHB recently where I was told to
> stop suggesting Linux because open source would never be used because of
> "Corporate Policy".
You may find this
http://gartner12.gartnerweb.com/public/static/hotc/hc00085832.html
article, from the Gartner Group, to be useful. Choice quote:
|> Bottom Line: Contrary to common perceptions, open-source development is
|> neither a recent phenomenon nor a transient one, and more significantly,
|> it is one that will increasingly be associated with commercial vendors and
|> end-user organizations. We recommend that IT organizations which
|> currently exclude all OSS from their acquisition plans should re-examine
|> this policy.
You have to love that last line.
> I asked him "If open source is forbidden, then shouldn't we shut down all
> of the Apache web servers and pull out every perl script?"
Also, kill your DNS, don't use email, or telnet, or FTP, or, in fact --
remove every last trace of Internet software from your systems, because the
Internet was and is developed using Open Source methods.
If you use the Internet, you are using Open Source. It is that simple.
*sigh* Wish more PHB's would understand that.
--
Ben Scott
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