Top 10 Quotes from OSBC 2010 and What It Means for Open Source Developers

“#2 “Software built on pride and love of subject is superior to
software built for profit.” – Ravi Simhambhatla, CIO, Virgin
America

“This is the foundation for Ravi’s philosophy around open
source, and why this visionary has migrated a large portion of his
IT stack to open source components. Don’t we wish more CIO’s were
like Ravi?

“#3 “In the past, Virgin’s IT stack was Microsoft-based because
it was the easy choice…. To get Virgin America executives to
allow us to migrate to open source, I didn’t run around wearing an
‘I Love Penguins’ shirt, I built the business case based on TCO of
open source vs. proprietary software.” – Ravi Simhambhatla,
CIO, Virgin America”

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