Open source IT a money pit? [TECH UPDATE]

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

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Subject: Open source IT a money pit? [TECH UPDATE]

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DAVID BERLIND    

Can open source IT be a money pit?

Philip Greenspun, MIT professor and serial entrepreneur, speaks
eloquently about the economics of open source to two different
audiences--those looking to make money at it and those thinking
about building their IT around it. In an interview with Doug Kaye
at IT Conversations, Greenspun explains how an IT shop's leveraging
of open source's openness can lead to the same sort of costly
maintenance nightmares that customizations of proprietary software
have led to. Conversely, he notes, that maintenance headache can
mean huge revenues for an open source developer or IT services
company.  Read my blog, then lsten to the full interview.

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