OpenLogic Launches Indemnification for its Certified Library of Open Source
Products
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| "Open source software has made great headway into the
| enterprise," said Steven Grandchamp, CEO of OpenLogic.
| "But for enterprises to fully embrace a broad range of
| open source products, they need to be able to deploy,
| manage and control their open source usage and limit
| their legal risk. This is the first time that enterprises
| have been able to access indemnification coverage for
| such a broad range of open source products from a
| single vendor."
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http://biz.yahoo.com/prnews/061016/sfm049.html?.v=71
Related (some wrapping issues):
Case study - Open source allows risk management firm to minimises risk
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| A respected engineering and risk management consultancy has decided
| toreduce its own exposure to risk by migrating to a complete open source
| infrastructure.
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| ESR Technology (ESRT) believes that it has freed itself from the expense
| and vendor lock-in associated with proprietary software by deploying
| an entirely open source network infrastructure.
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http://www.computerweekly.com/ARTICLES/2006/04/25/215739/Case+study+-+Open+source+allows+risk+management+firm+to+minimises+risk.HTM
Open source risky? Nah. Just if you hire an attorney who doesn't grok it
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| the "risk" of open source is no greater, and is generally far less, than
| the risk of using proprietary software.
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http://weblog.infoworld.com/openresource/archives/2006/08/open_source_ris.html
Closing the Open Source Door a Risky Proposition
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| The move from an open source model to a closed one may appeal to
| developers seeking to pay their bills, but the transition is a risky
| one. Some customers will balk at losing control of applications key to
| their business -- the federal government, in particular -- and may look
| for other open source alternatives to meet their software needs.
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http://www.linuxinsider.com/rsstory/52200.html
Your data or your life
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| As unlikely and alarmist as this sounds, it could really happen. Intracare
| is the publisher of a popular practice management system called Dr. Notes.
| When some doctors balked at a drastic increase in their annual software
| lease, they were cut off from accessing their own patients? information.
|
| This situation is completely unconscionable. There can be no truly
| open doctor-patient relationship when an unrelated third party is the
| de facto owner of and gatekeeper to all related data.
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http://www.freesoftwaremagazine.com/node/1709
Putting risk back on the vendor, not the customer
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| Back to faith. In open source, risk shifts to the vendor, because there
| is no upfront license fee, just the ongoing support and maintenance. As
| such, if the open source vendor fails to deliver ongoing value, you
| dump them. Period. And if the product is great but the support is not,
| you can go to one of their SIs or others to get support.
|
| Yes, this puts a lot of risk on open source vendors. No, it's not easy.
| But yes, it is a dramatically better value proposition for enterprise
| buyers. No question.
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| Enterprises should stop paying Monopoly Money (licenses) to vendors.
| They should pay for value, not licenses.
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http://asay.blogspot.com/2006/10/putting-risk-back-on-vendor-not.html
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