The Business and Economics of Linux and Open Source - Softcover

Fink, Martin

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9780130476777: The Business and Economics of Linux and Open Source

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0130476773 ISBN 13: 9780130476777

Publisher: Prentice Hall, 2002

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For CIOs and Product Develoment executives, this book explores the business and economic issues associated with the world Linux and Open Source. This book is less about technology and more about business and development processes.

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The manager's guide to using Linux and open source for competitive advantage.

Using Linux and open source technologies, thousands of enterprises are cutting costs, gaining flexibility, and discovering powerful new sources of business value. Now, there's an objective, realistic manager's guide to using Linux and open source technology for competitive advantage. Martin Fink helps you get past both the hypesters and the naysayers, so you can accurately assess the benefits, costs, and risks of open source in your organization. Writing strictly from the manager's viewpoint, Fink covers every step of the Linux and open source project lifecycle, and every crucial issue, from licensing to collaborating with the open source community of developers. Coverage includes:

Assessing the costs, benefits, and risks of pursuing Linux and open source initiatives
Open source licensing: avoiding the minefields
Managing Linux and open source projects within your company
Assessing the size, breadth, and capabilities of the open source community
Building strong, positive, synergistic relationships with external open source communities
The crucial role of Linux standards
Integration, development, deployment, migration, coexistence, support, and training
Understanding the difference between the Linux kernel and the Linux operating system
Understanding and choosing Linux distributions
How the open source paradigm impacts commercial software developers
Open source business models: what it takes to make a profit from open source technology
Applying the open source development methodology in a corporate setting

"A thought-provoking analysis of the role of open source software in the corporate environment. A must-read guide for managers considering how open source can help their organization."

—Tim O'Reilly, O'Reilly and Associates, Inc.

About the Author:

MARTIN FINK is General Manager for Hewlett-Packard's Linux Systems Division, where he has been leading Linux development activities for more than three years. He is responsible for driving HP's overall Linux and open source strategy and managing the firm's open source business processes. He is also Vice President of the Board of Directors for the Open Source Development Lab, a global consortium of industry leaders dedicated to promoting Linux and Linux-based programming for enterprise and carrier-class environments.

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