<FONT face="Default Sans Serif,Verdana,Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif" size=2>-----kwlug-disc-bounces@kwlug.org wrote: -----<br><div>> yes, i realize there's lots of this out there, but a friend wants a<br>>small number of references to online explanations that lay out the<br>>compelling reasons to adopt open source IT infrastructure, as opposed<br>>to proprietary solutions -- as much as possible targeted at the<br>>*business* people, not the techies. for example, simply saying that<br>>the source is available has no interest to these people. after all,<br>>they never read their developers' code, so why would they care?<br>><br>> so ... any pointers to high-level *business* defenses for open<br>>source in the corporation? relatively recent stuff preferred, of<br>>course.<br><br>I really should write one of these. Selling open source solutions for 14 years gives us lots of anecdotes that we could put to good use.<br><br>If only there was more time.<br></div></FONT>