Comments on: Lowering Barriers to Entry: Open Source and the Enterprise http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/ Trusted Insights and Conversations on the Next Wave of Technology Thu, 26 Nov 2009 16:48:41 +0000 http://wordpress.com/ hourly 1 By: Business Integration Solution India http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924984 Business Integration Solution India Thu, 31 Jul 2008 08:17:28 +0000 http://future.gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924984 <p>I would support Vera's comment yes such a model would benefit everyone involved.</p> I would support Vera’s comment yes such a model would benefit everyone involved.

]]> By: dan http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924983 dan Sun, 09 Sep 2007 14:08:16 +0000 http://future.gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924983 <p>"More importantly, developers no longer require permission or approval for their infrastructure."</p> <p>What color are the clouds in your world? No real CIO/CTO wants developers installing their own infrastructure. Besides the obvious security issues, you have to deal with asset management, network management.</p> <p>Allowing anyone to install whatever they want, open source or not, is no way to run an infrastructure.</p> “More importantly, developers no longer require permission or approval for their infrastructure.”

What color are the clouds in your world? No real CIO/CTO wants developers installing their own infrastructure. Besides the obvious security issues, you have to deal with asset management, network management.

Allowing anyone to install whatever they want, open source or not, is no way to run an infrastructure.

]]> By: Ajay http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924982 Ajay Thu, 30 Aug 2007 00:27:55 +0000 http://future.gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924982 <p>Let me paraphrase this dumb article, "It's not that open source brings costs down that matters, what matters is that open source brings costs down for developers." In order to try and make your unoriginal thesis sound original, you contradict yourself in the setup. Costs are down across the board, that's what matters.</p> Let me paraphrase this dumb article, “It’s not that open source brings costs down that matters, what matters is that open source brings costs down for developers.” In order to try and make your unoriginal thesis sound original, you contradict yourself in the setup. Costs are down across the board, that’s what matters.

]]> By: Dave Roberts http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924981 Dave Roberts Wed, 29 Aug 2007 18:06:14 +0000 http://future.gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924981 <p>Yes, yes, yes. At Vyatta, we definitely believe this is one of the fundamental differences between open source and closed source. With closed source, everybody is locked up with the typical organizational control structures exerting undue influence (signature loops, technology evaluation committees, etc.). Open source flies right past all those controls and allows soldiers in the trenches to "just get on with it." Once the technology has penetrated and proven successful, it's harder to argue that it can't/won't work. Essentially, open source is perfectly aligned with the old saw that it's better to ask forgiveness than to seek permission.</p> Yes, yes, yes. At Vyatta, we definitely believe this is one of the fundamental differences between open source and closed source. With closed source, everybody is locked up with the typical organizational control structures exerting undue influence (signature loops, technology evaluation committees, etc.). Open source flies right past all those controls and allows soldiers in the trenches to “just get on with it.” Once the technology has penetrated and proven successful, it’s harder to argue that it can’t/won’t work. Essentially, open source is perfectly aligned with the old saw that it’s better to ask forgiveness than to seek permission.

]]> By: People Over Process » links for 2007-08-29 http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924980 People Over Process » links for 2007-08-29 Wed, 29 Aug 2007 07:18:37 +0000 http://future.gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924980 <p>[...] Lowering Barriers to Entry: Open Source and the Enterprise « The Future of Software (tags: redmonkpressquotes via:twitter via:annez opensource enterprisesoftware) [...]</p> [...] Lowering Barriers to Entry: Open Source and the Enterprise « The Future of Software (tags: redmonkpressquotes via:twitter via:annez opensource enterprisesoftware) [...]

]]> By: steveblog » Blog Archive » Test Blog http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924979 steveblog » Blog Archive » Test Blog Wed, 29 Aug 2007 05:30:13 +0000 http://future.gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924979 <p>[...] Contrary to published reports and popular opinion alike, the most important impact of open source on the enterprise has not been on pricing.The single most important impact of open source upon the enterprise has been the removal of barriers to entry and adoption - all thanks to open source’s ability to empower individual developers and architects. Read more » [...]</p> [...] Contrary to published reports and popular opinion alike, the most important impact of open source on the enterprise has not been on pricing.The single most important impact of open source upon the enterprise has been the removal of barriers to entry and adoption – all thanks to open source’s ability to empower individual developers and architects. Read more » [...]

]]> By: bloj http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924978 bloj Wed, 29 Aug 2007 01:36:34 +0000 http://future.gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924978 <p>My manager asks me to test all kinds of open source software all the time but develops cold feet just at the last moment before deployment in production..of course I cannot wine and dine him the way the commercial vendors does. But till date for each opensource software that I tested I did a very complete objective analysis and a side by side comparison with their commercial counterparts and everytime the opensource software met all the requirements plus more ( I freely scripted/programmed what we needed). Can someone tell me what to do next?</p> My manager asks me to test all kinds of open source software all the time but develops cold feet just at the last moment before deployment in production..of course I cannot wine and dine him the way the commercial vendors does. But till date for each opensource software that I tested I did a very complete objective analysis and a side by side comparison with their commercial counterparts and everytime the opensource software met all the requirements plus more ( I freely scripted/programmed what we needed). Can someone tell me what to do next?

]]> By: Vera http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924977 Vera Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:41:39 +0000 http://future.gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924977 <p>"Developers, in other words, are in charge in a way that would have been impossible prior to the introduction of open source."</p> <p>My own view is that this is only half, albeit the critical half, of deriving the full benefits of open source. The other part is ongoing development with and around the full range of community members and their activities.</p> <p>In the same way that lowering of barriers empowers many more developers, collaboration with constiuencies could empower many times the number of participants. I also believe that such a model naturally yields far greater returns for all involved.</p> <p>Vera</p> “Developers, in other words, are in charge in a way that would have been impossible prior to the introduction of open source.”

My own view is that this is only half, albeit the critical half, of deriving the full benefits of open source. The other part is ongoing development with and around the full range of community members and their activities.

In the same way that lowering of barriers empowers many more developers, collaboration with constiuencies could empower many times the number of participants. I also believe that such a model naturally yields far greater returns for all involved.

Vera

]]> By: Lowering Barriers To Entry: Open Source & The Enterprise « GigaOM http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924976 Lowering Barriers To Entry: Open Source & The Enterprise « GigaOM Tue, 28 Aug 2007 22:00:24 +0000 http://future.gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924976 <p>[...] The single most important impact of open source upon the enterprise has been the removal of barriers to entry and adoption - all thanks to open source’s ability to empower individual developers and architects. Read more » [...]</p> [...] The single most important impact of open source upon the enterprise has been the removal of barriers to entry and adoption – all thanks to open source’s ability to empower individual developers and architects. Read more » [...]

]]> By: JJMacey http://gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924975 JJMacey Tue, 28 Aug 2007 21:43:00 +0000 http://future.gigaom.com/2007/08/28/lowering-barriers-to-entry-open-source-and-the-enterprise/#comment-924975 <p>Stephen,</p> <p>Excellent article!</p> <p>I'm not an IT type of guy, but do run a Linux OS, and maintain a Linux Web Site using all those free opensource goodies. The collaboration that I receive is global, and amazing! As I said I'm not an IT guy.</p> <p>Do IT guys sit around thinking of ways to advance the company, or just do daily up-dates / maintenance? Please don't flame me here, but there are obvious barriers up, and in-force.</p> <p>JJMacey aka Adler</p> Stephen,

Excellent article!

I’m not an IT type of guy, but do run a Linux OS, and maintain a Linux Web Site using all those free opensource goodies. The collaboration that I receive is global, and amazing! As I said I’m not an IT guy.

Do IT guys sit around thinking of ways to advance the company, or just do daily up-dates / maintenance? Please don’t flame me here, but there are obvious barriers up, and in-force.

JJMacey aka Adler

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