[LRUG] Open Source and the Enterprise

[Alan Buxton]

Dear LRUG

 

I made the transition from Startup to Enterprise recently (my company was
acquired). So far so good.

 

The challenge I have now is that the Enterprise finds Open Source a bit
tricksy. Hard for a company that is used to having suppliers or internal
teams with SLAs and IP controls to handle the idea of using open source.
However they do appreciate that Open Source is important and is going to
grow.

 

So I have a mini project right now to put together some policy guidelines
for The Enterprise on using open source to cover things like

.         When is it appropriate to use it (e.g. in certain industries it
might be less appropriate)

.         What should you consider when choosing a piece of open source
technology

.         From an IP point of view how would you make the tradeoff between
building something using open source components vs creating it yourself from
scratch

 

Rather nebulous, I know, which is why I'm interested in soliciting your
views on this. Presumably the GDS or BBC or whoever people have already
figured this all out, right?

 

Thanks

Alan

 

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