ActiveState's responds to 10 myths of open source

brian_d_foy on 2008-07-17T19:07:00

ActiveState has put together a free white paper on "10 Myths About Running Open Source Software in Your Business". It's a fair look at open source for the manager level.

They don't come out as open source zealots. There are certainly some myths that come from both sides. The top three myths they address are:

• You have to choose between Open Source Software and Propietary Software
• Open Source Software is Free
• Implementing Open Source Software is Only About Saving Money

I like the last myth the best:

• Your Business is not Running Open Source

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And here I thought...

jk2addict on 2008-07-17T19:32:48

the white paper would be titled "10 Ways to Make Your Perl Dist and Test Servers Worthless"

#1. Scalar::Util without weaken since 1984
#2 ...

Correct link.

jarich on 2008-07-18T02:46:22

The link should be: "10 Myths About Running Open Source Software in Your Business" (.pdf not .pd).

I don't understand

mr_bean on 2008-07-24T00:58:28

What does this part mean?

The price of an open source dynamic language maintenance and support subscription for Perl, Python or Tcl is typically a fraction of the annual salary for an experienced programmer, but the value is much higher. In many instances, an expert programmer can be as effective as ten average programmers, which directly benefits
your business and its operations.

I don't see how it fits into the argument that
the price of OSS is not the only reason to choose it.