“The prevailing wisdom regarding open source communities is that
they foster innovation in software. Members of the open source
community not only share development code, they compete in a
meritocracy for bragging rights on key features, patches, and
contributions that they deliver at breakneck speed.“There are both advantages and disadvantages to an IT department
as beneficiary of this model, and one must weigh them
carefully…”
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