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From: mike@nospam
Subject: Re: Pratt & Whitney's Embedded Software - CMM Level 3!
Date: 1999/04/22
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In article <p4wlnfk93gj.fsf@panix7.panix.com>, Jim says...
 
>I don't really know whether open source would provide a big payoff for
>P&W - to really leverage it needs a pretty different mindset and
>development process from what many are used to - but I do think open
>source makes sense, in general, for tools which would otherwise be
>internally developed/maintained.

I started to see companies here being only interested 
in open source stuff (even though it can cost $$ just 
as well), but the $$ cost is secondary, the main reason 
they prefer open source products is that they feel it is 
more assuring to them to have access to the source code 
becuase even if the original vendor switches products, 
stops the product, or goes under, the company using that 
product, and have become so dependent on it, can still 
go on using the product, given that they have the source code, 
they can themselves build it, or even maintain it, add 
features to it, if want to, etc...

SO, openSource works as a safe guard, gives one that extra
good feeling of not being completely at the mercy of someone 
giving them a product in only binary form.

It really makes sense. If you think about it, having your
business dependent on a product that you only have it in 
binary form from one source, is very risky situation to be
in. Given 2 alternatives for similar produtcs, always go 
for the open source one.

Mike.