First, and foremost, Open Source solutions are growing rapidly.
Let's pick a random periodical sitting in my recycling: Information Week. There are 1579 items in InformationWeek http://www.informationweek.com/TechSearch/Search.jhtml;jsessionid=RN4ODNGHETZR2QSNDBCSKHSCJUMEKJVN?site_id=InformationWeek&personality=category&queryText=open+source for 'open source'. SOA …
I've had this conversation more than once.
Me: "We can download something like POI to read the Excel™ files. Or I can spend months writing something."
Them: "We have a policy against open source software."
Me: "Do you use Apache ?"
Them: "That's different."
Me: "How so? Be specific in enumerating …
more ...My point -- always -- is that I'm not here to convert anyone. I'm just here to respond to the need for open source consulting skills.
As a parallel example, TH explained (at length) that there was NO earthly reason to retire a perfectly good IBM z-series mainframe. The z-series represents cheap …
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