How to develop open-source software within any kind of company

Mar 21, 2012, 19:01 (1 Talkback[s])
(Other stories by Wayne Jackson)

"For businesses and other organizations today, open-source software (OSS) is transformative in terms of its ability to allow organizations to write software very quickly and to leverage innovation very aggressively.

"OSS component-based development has reached a strategic tipping point, having moved from a cost-effective solution to a competitive advantage capable of delivering rapid and substantial return on investment for organizations that use it.

"And use it they do. More than 80 percent of modern software includes open source components. "

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