“The purpose of this document is to provide an informative look
at Open Source Software (OSS) within a large enterprise. There is
no intent to prove or disprove whether OSS is a correct choice in
any given situation. Rather, there is the intent to demonstrate to
an enterprise IT professional that OSS can often be a valid
alternative when evaluating software for the enterprise.”
Table of contents:
1.0 Introduction
2.0 Definitions
3.0 History
4.0 Questions
4.1 Why should OSS be used in an enterprise?
4.2 Is OSS stable enough to use in mission-critical areas?
4.3 What do I do if something goes wrong?
4.4 Where can I find people to work with OSS?
4.5 Will I have to retrain my IT group?
4.6 What does OSS cost?
4.7 Is OSS easy to use?
4.8 What training & reference materials are needed to use
OSS?
4.9 Does OSS have a future upgrade path?
4.10 Who is using OSS?
4.11 Scalability
4.12 Configurability
4.13 Is OSS Portable?
4.2 Is OSS stable enough to use in mission-critical areas?
4.3 What do I do if something goes wrong?
4.4 Where can I find people to work with OSS?
4.5 Will I have to retrain my IT group?
4.6 What does OSS cost?
4.7 Is OSS easy to use?
4.8 What training & reference materials are needed to use
OSS?
4.9 Does OSS have a future upgrade path?
4.10 Who is using OSS?
4.11 Scalability
4.12 Configurability
4.13 Is OSS Portable?
5.0 Conclusion & Recommendations
6.0 Appendix
6.1 Contributors
6.2 Open Source Software List
6.3 The Open Source Definition
6.4 GNU Public License
6.2 Open Source Software List
6.3 The Open Source Definition
6.4 GNU Public License