- The first motivation with open source software is typically about saving money.
- If saving money is higher than #3 on your list you likely have the wrong motivation. Choice and Flexibility, Security, Standards and building on a platform all should rank higher than saving money.
- You're not NSA, don't try to be.
- Unless you measure your Data Center in acres and you have floors of world class Ph.D.s , then don't fork your own OS or major application.
- There is a fine line between clever and stupid.
- A room and/or software library full of new piece parts will end up being a history bin full of old piece parts. Think governance.
This is Dave Edstrom's personal blog called Photons and Electrons. This blog is about technology, as well as some of my personal interests. I am the CEO/CTO of Virtual Photons Electrons. I was the CTO for MEMEX for three years, the President and Chairman of the Board for the MTConnect Institute from May 2010 to January 2014 and prior to that I spent 23 years at Sun Microsystems.
Tuesday, November 3, 2009
The Good, Bad and Ugly of Open Source in Government
I gave a talk in NYC called "Open Government: Lessons Learned" and I am going to share some slides over the next few days.