[ Thanks to Mark
Brunelli for this link. ]
“If you’re choosing between ‘open source’ and ‘closed source’ to
meet your company’s needs, stop–because there’s no need to
differentiate the two anymore, according to speakers at last week’s
Oracle OpenWorld conference.“It’s important to remember that Linux and open source
applications are ‘just other pieces’ of software that should be put
through virtually the same evaluation process as their proprietary
counterparts, Steve Helle, chief technology officer of NextAction
Corp., and Keith Majkut, a senior IT manager with Monster
Worldwide, told OpenWorld attendees…”
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