On 4/20/07, Vince Teachout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It looks like I might finally have a chance of getting one of my major > clients to consider open source! This is a guy that is leery of > anything not MS.
It's unclear from your post what your client is supposed to be considering. It is "consider using Open Source" like FireFox? Use Open source like Linksys boxes? Use the internet, run on Bind and Apache? Or open sourcing his application? > I need to get him some easy to understand, positive, information on open > source. I will be Googling, of course, but do any of you have some > links that you've found to be helpful? The Cathedral and the Bazaar http://www.catb.org/~esr/writings/cathedral-bazaar/cathedral-bazaar/ CatB might be a good start. Are you interested in talking about the economics of FOSS? Or the legal aspects? Or the business cases? There's a HUGE amount of literature on FOSS. What kind are you looking for? -- Ted Roche Ted Roche & Associates, LLC http://www.tedroche.com _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
