ONLamp: Share and Share Alike Mar 13, 2004, 05 :30 UTC (9 Talkback[s]) (8905 reads) (Other stories by Matthew Langham)
"An increasing number of companies are now adopting Open Source as part of their development strategy. A subject that is often overlooked is how corporate software developers see the move towards using software developed in a community project instead of what they may have written themselves.
"Getting developers inside corporations to see the advantages of using and contributing to Open Source can be a long drawn-out process. I spend a lot of time talking to large companies in Europe about using Open Source software inside their enterprise projects and even though corporate managers can be convinced with a few glossy slides why Open Source is an advantage for them, getting the developers to catch on is sometimes not so easy.
"There is a lot of FUD when it comes to introducing developers to the 'Open Source way' and it's important to understand the problems likely to be encountered..."
