Derrick;
Well, since I am not sure who is your customer, the following answer may
apply completely, partially or not at all. My assumption to think that
the answer may apply to you is because of the phrase defense contractor.
On a higher level, the problem you are facing is called Assurance:
Just curious if anyone has any tips on convincing the corporate types that
using software developed by the opensource community is a GOOD thing. I
would love to be allowed to use all the OpenG tools and think that many in
my group would also benefit from them. Also would like to use some of the
You get what you pay for; if it's cheap or free it's crap.
And some opinions fit into that category too, but it is best not to
generalize ;-)
One should always perform an evaluation of the tools (and advice) they
are going to use, prior to using them. If they meet your standards and
1) You get what you pay for; if it's cheap or free it's crap.
Somebody correct me if I am wrong, but, if they want to pay money for
it, they can. (Give it as a donation to OpenG. )
What I am trying to say is that, AFAIK, the term free in the open
source philosophy is not one of free of cost:
Of course, I have no idea what is Jim's or the other OpenG
developers' policy on receiving money. I am just thinking out loud.
If you follow the Support this project link from OpenG.org
http://sourceforge.net/donate/index.php?group_id=52435, you will see
the following:
Craig Graham wrote:
Rolf Kalbermatter wrote:
No- the assumption is that someone else is liable if it goes pear shaped. If
you buy a product and at some later date it doesn't do as advertised you can
blame (perhaps also legally) the supplier. If it's open source, you can't.
I think this isn't
One other detail to think about.
Are you intending to use this code for internal use only? If so, then why
should anyone care how you get your code? I work for a large defense
contractor as well, and no one seems to mind as long as I get the job done and
actually have all the source. (although
Subject: Re: How to talk my company into allowing OpenG usage?
From: Jim Kring [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2004 17:11:49 -0700
PS - Have you read your NI Software License Agreement lately? Is your
application authorized and will it be authorized tomorrow? OK, gotta
run... I
Rolf Kalbermatter wrote:
Swinarsky, DJ Derrick (5453) @ IS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, so the assumption is that software like LabVIEW from NI or
Windows
or whatever from MS are reliable, while Open Source isn't? Talking
about unbiased prejudice!
No- the assumption is that someone else is
At 3:21 PM -0500 4/14/04, Swinarsky, DJ Derrick (5453) @ IS wrote:
Problem is that I work for a big defense contractor that is not too keen
about the idea of opensource. Have some paranoid individuals somewhere in
the chain that think code developed on sourceforge is not reliable and
shouldn't be
Swinarsky, DJ Derrick (5453) @ IS wrote:
Just curious if anyone has any tips on convincing the corporate types
that using software developed by the opensource community is a GOOD
thing. I would love to be allowed to use all the OpenG tools and
think that many in my group would also benefit
I'm not really an expert to answer this question but I don't need to be, there are
hundreds of others that have gone down your path
before. Here is a link to dozens of documents that show the US government and other
governments around the world are embracing the
Open Source movement. Since the
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